Harry (given name)

Not to be confused with Harry (surname).
Harry
Pronunciation/hær.i/
GenderMasculine
Origin
Word/nameMedieval English form of Henry (name)
MeaningRuler (Old English),
War God (Norse),
Army Commander (Old Germanic)
Other names
Related namesHenry,
Hendrick,
Hennie,
Hendrie,
Henrique,
Hen,
Heinrich,
Henderson,
Han,
Hank,
Henk,
Hendrik,
Harold,
Hereweald,
Haraldr,
Harald,
Hagrold,
Harvey,
Harris,
Harrison,
Harriet,
Harriete,
Harolda,
Éibhear (Irish),
Arioald,
Chariovalda,
Häräy (Tatar),
Gäräy (Tatar),
Hari (Hindi),
Harri (Finnish/Afrikaans),
Heinrich (Old Germanic)
Harchibald

Harry is a male given name of English, Norse and Germanic origin. Beginning as a Middle English form of Henry[1] and not a diminutive form of Harold, Harrison or Harvey,[2] it eventually came into use as its own name and is the 721st most popular boys name as of 2021. The Norwegian term "harry" is derived from the name.[3]

  1. ^ "Harry". Behind the Name. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  2. ^ Hockings, Paul; Pilot-Raichoor, Christiane (1992), Werner Winter and Richard A. Rhodes (ed.), A Badaga-English Dictionary, Trends in Linguistics: Documentation, vol. 8, Berlin, Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 47, ISBN 978-3-11-012677-8, OCLC 25963917, retrieved 13 Dec 2011
  3. ^ Kalvø, Are: Harry. Det Norske Samlaget. ISBN 82-521-5419-0