Harry - Meaning of Harry

What does Harry mean?

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Harry

[ 2 syll. har-ry, ha-rry ] The baby girl name Harry is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced HHAA-Riy- or HHEY-R-iy- †. Harry's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in English. Harry is a familiar form of the English Harriet.

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Harry is a rare baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1929, 0.005% of baby girls were named Harry. It was #925 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in frequency since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. Out of all girl names in its family, Harry was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2018. In the last century Harry has primarily been a boy name. In 1929, 124 times more boys than girls were given the name Harry.

Baby names that sound like Harry include Harrie, Hara, Hari, Harri, Haru, Hauranne, Hero, Heroe, Hira, Hiri, Hooriyah, Horae, Horiyah, Horyah, Huru, Jaira, Harue, Haruo, Haruye, and Haruyo.

† Pronunciation for Harry: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"