Harry Forename
1,149th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 815,837 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Niue
Harry Forename Definition:
Sometimes in C19-20 bestowed, like Jack, as an independent font-name, is a very old pet-name for Henry; its great popularity dates from the exploits of Henry V (1387-1422). Old Harry is the devil; Congreve employs the politer by the Lord Harry, a strange apotheosis of the traditional enemy of God.
Read More About This ForenameHarry Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 330,456 | 1:1,097 | 241 |
| Germany | 100% | 80,619 | 1:1,199 | 259 |
| England | 100% | 58,219 | 1:955 | 212 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 41,305 | 1:409 | 71 |
| Indonesia | 89% | 38,210 | 1:6,751 | 890 |
| Canada | 100% | 33,245 | 1:997 | 221 |
| Malawi | 99% | 22,104 | 1:774 | 169 |
| Ghana | 100% | 18,373 | 1:1,469 | 275 |
| Philippines | 99% | 15,579 | 1:6,805 | 1,048 |
| South Africa | 100% | 14,399 | 1:3,787 | 732 |
| Australia | - | 12,199 | 1:1,120 | 233 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 8,162 | 1:2,895 | 667 |
| India | 100% | 7,930 | 1:153,200 | 16,932 |
| Zambia | - | 6,417 | 1:2,471 | 437 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 6,299 | 1:28,189 | 2,534 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,760 | 1:4,730 | 908 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 5,465 | 1:1,297 | 268 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,012 | 1:6,148 | 959 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,515 | 1:1,185 | 220 |
| Norway | 100% | 3,998 | 1:1,284 | 271 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,837 | 1:1,182 | 279 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,747 | 1:1,239 | 222 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 3,471 | 1:8,773 | 1,012 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,383 | 1:2,914 | 397 |
| France | 100% | 3,267 | 1:20,346 | 924 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,234 | 1:3,553 | 633 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,081 | 1:15,030 | 1,651 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,004 | 1:71,317 | 4,479 |
| Haiti | 100% | 2,992 | 1:3,585 | 541 |
| Denmark | - | 2,931 | 1:1,927 | 322 |
| Finland | 100% | 2,801 | 1:1,958 | 361 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,527 | 1:3,250 | 534 |
| Peru | 100% | 2,523 | 1:12,601 | 1,268 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 2,458 | 1:3,317 | 366 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,250 | 1:13,423 | 1,305 |
| China | - | 2,183 | 1:625,770 | 28,729 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,145 | 1:1,344 | 334 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,966 | 1:24,303 | 1,553 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,889 | 1:1,638 | 330 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,860 | 1:11,182 | 1,647 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,857 | 1:8,306 | 1,173 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,713 | 1:40,902 | 4,672 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,643 | 1:10,789 | 851 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,558 | 1:102,350 | 6,851 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,318 | 1:3,348 | 454 |
| Gambia | - | 1,230 | 1:1,566 | 270 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,225 | 1:31,043 | 972 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,210 | 1:14,551 | 928 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,128 | 1:5,335 | 748 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 988 | 1:10,558 | 1,225 |
| Greece | 100% | 927 | 1:11,796 | 692 |
| Togo | - | 907 | 1:7,982 | 1,208 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 888 | 1:1,533 | 291 |
| Uganda | 98% | 873 | 1:46,915 | 2,859 |
| Egypt | 98% | 846 | 1:108,630 | 4,869 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 831 | 1:1,562 | 275 |
| Guyana | 100% | 785 | 1:972 | 139 |
| Bahamas | - | 752 | 1:531 | 121 |
| Ukraine | 99% | 725 | 1:62,758 | 656 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 722 | 1:6,604 | 739 |
| Estonia | 100% | 693 | 1:1,898 | 422 |
| Austria | 100% | 658 | 1:12,940 | 715 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 598 | 1:3,082 | 425 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 595 | 1:976 | 187 |
| Tanzania | 96% | 565 | 1:93,431 | 5,372 |
| Japan | - | 550 | 1:232,702 | 7,457 |
| Suriname | 100% | 543 | 1:1,018 | 197 |
| Hong Kong | - | 542 | 1:14,304 | 1,219 |
| Vanuatu | - | 530 | 1:494 | 113 |
| Mexico | 99% | 526 | 1:236,016 | 3,889 |
| Samoa | - | 502 | 1:389 | 110 |
| Honduras | 100% | 455 | 1:19,379 | 1,433 |
| Singapore | 100% | 446 | 1:14,097 | 3,102 |
| Mali | 100% | 442 | 1:38,411 | 2,315 |
| Oman | - | 441 | 1:9,317 | 1,152 |
| Fiji | - | 432 | 1:2,066 | 573 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 424 | 1:25,003 | 1,552 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 422 | 1:51,210 | 3,327 |
| Panama | 100% | 416 | 1:9,391 | 1,280 |
| South Korea | - | 416 | 1:13,328 | 1,505 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 400 | 1:8,876 | 632 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 388 | 1:41,517 | 1,555 |
| Spain | 100% | 376 | 1:123,750 | 3,235 |
| Portugal | - | 360 | 1:28,919 | 1,211 |
| Morocco | - | 328 | 1:104,721 | 3,418 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 288 | 1:24,833 | 2,475 |
| Kuwait | - | 266 | 1:14,230 | 1,622 |
| Swaziland | - | 256 | 1:5,079 | 891 |
| Gabon | 100% | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Bahrain | - | 237 | 1:5,691 | 904 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 199 | 1:370,993 | 14,033 |
| Qatar | 100% | 199 | 1:11,908 | 1,879 |
| Botswana | 100% | 195 | 1:11,202 | 1,558 |
| Argentina | 98% | 189 | 1:226,313 | 2,598 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 187 | 1:496 | 99 |
| Russia | 100% | 164 | 1:879,474 | 7,917 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 155 | 1:198,622 | 4,583 |
| Israel | 97% | 148 | 1:56,776 | 3,294 |
| Barbados | - | 143 | 1:2,026 | 446 |
| Italy | 96% | 143 | 1:427,008 | 4,775 |
| Vietnam | - | 132 | 1:701,690 | 2,295 |
| Belize | 100% | 129 | 1:2,747 | 632 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 127 | 1:187,163 | 17,141 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 110 | 1:31,160 | 1,397 |
| Jersey | - | 109 | 1:917 | 204 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 105 | 1:68,922 | 2,146 |
| Czechia | 100% | 104 | 1:102,463 | 1,165 |
| Guam | - | 101 | 1:1,591 | 358 |
| Namibia | - | 101 | 1:23,804 | 2,029 |
| Malta | - | 91 | 1:4,718 | 654 |
| Afghanistan | 79% | 87 | 1:374,983 | 7,174 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 78 | 1:11,168 | 950 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 73 | 1:702 | 62 |
| Iraq | 100% | 72 | 1:486,359 | 5,493 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 70 | 1:1,568 | 318 |
| Aruba | - | 67 | 1:1,549 | 313 |
| Congo | 100% | 67 | 1:74,764 | 5,209 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 64 | 1:3,036,839 | 35,846 |
| Senegal | 97% | 61 | 1:239,039 | 4,448 |
| Bermuda | - | 60 | 1:1,080 | 237 |
| Brunei | 100% | 58 | 1:7,234 | 659 |
| Guernsey | - | 57 | 1:1,111 | 227 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 55 | 1:3,233 | 585 |
| El Salvador | - | 53 | 1:119,656 | 2,308 |
| Ethiopia | - | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Croatia | 100% | 41 | 1:102,856 | 2,483 |
| Gibraltar | - | 41 | 1:833 | 177 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:1,532 | 357 |
| Micronesia | - | 40 | 1:2,662 | 371 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Ivory Coast | 56% | 36 | 1:640,998 | 22,008 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Grenada | 100% | 33 | 1:3,277 | 608 |
| American Samoa | - | 32 | 1:1,745 | 269 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,535 | 333 |
| Romania | 100% | 32 | 1:626,624 | 17,326 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 30 | 1:9,005 | 945 |
| Burkina Faso | 62% | 28 | 1:656,410 | 20,541 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 28 | 1:633,816 | 8,396 |
| Greenland | - | 27 | 1:2,088 | 367 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Cuba | - | 26 | 1:442,560 | 3,106 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 26 | 1:21,694 | 1,244 |
| Nepal | - | 26 | 1:1,095,667 | 22,700 |
| Curaçao | - | 21 | 1:7,419 | 599 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 21 | 1:1,803 | 308 |
| Myanmar | - | 20 | 1:2,597,414 | 1,061 |
| Niue | - | 20 | 1:80 | 7 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 20 | 1:2,733 | 523 |
| Cambodia | - | 19 | 1:856,491 | 14,474 |
| Belarus | 92% | 18 | 1:526,799 | 3,344 |
| Iceland | 100% | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Benin | - | 17 | 1:622,108 | 18,975 |
| Turkey | 100% | 17 | 1:4,576,571 | 21,604 |
| Monaco | - | 15 | 1:2,564 | 491 |
| Macau | - | 14 | 1:43,444 | 529 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 13 | 1:8,583 | 1,271 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 13 | 1:2,670 | 563 |
| Bulgaria | - | 12 | 1:582,532 | 8,434 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:1,513 | 249 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Niger | 100% | 10 | 1:1,918,399 | 23,776 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,472 | 705 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 9 | 1:192,024 | 110 |
| Kiribati | - | 9 | 1:12,599 | 256 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 9 | 1:648 | 154 |
| Iran | - | 8 | 1:9,812,108 | 27,974 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Serbia | 100% | 7 | 1:1,020,817 | 6,233 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Slovenia | - | 4 | 1:614,690 | 6,214 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Jordan | - | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
The alternate forms: Härry (2) are calculated separately.
Harry (72,346) may also be a surname.
Harry Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Sometimes in C19-20 bestowed, like Jack, as an independent font-name, is a very old pet-name for Henry; its great popularity dates from the exploits of Henry V (1387-1422). Old Harry is the devil; Congreve employs the politer by the Lord Harry, a strange apotheosis of the traditional enemy of God. But Tom, Dick and Harry, for the populace, hardly antedates 1800; Minsheu, in 1617, speaks of ‘Jac and Tom, DiC, Hob and Will’ (Weekley, W. & N.).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Found as a baptismal name, derived from Henry.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (masculine) - A mighty lord or a hero.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Harry Forename Popularity
Harry Demographics
Average Male Harry Height
176.06 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 6,890 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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