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| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Medieval English form of Henry (name) |
| Meaning | Ruler (Old English), War God (Norse), Army Commander (Old Germanic) |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Henry, Hendrick, Hennie, Hendrie, Henrique, Hen, Heinrich, Henderson, Han, Hank, Henk, Hendrik, Harold, Hereweald, Haraldr, Harald, Hagrold, Harvey, Harris, Harrison, Harriet, Harriete, Harolda, Éibhear (Irish), Haris (Greek), Charis (Greek), Harilaos (Greek), Haralampos (Greek), Arioald, Charilaos (Greek), Chariovalda, Theoharry (Greek), Theoharis (Greek), Theocharis (Greek) 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 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.
People[edit]
- Harry Akst (1894–1963), American songwriter
- Harry Allen (designer) (born 1964), American industrial and interior designer
- Harry Allen (musician) (born 1966), American jazz tenor saxophonist
- Harry Altham (1888–1965), English cricketer
- Harry Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Andersson (1913–1996), Swedish football striker
- Harry Andrews (1911–1989), English film actor
- Harry Angping (born 1952), Filipino politician
- Harry Arter (born 1989), professional footballer
- Harry Atkinson (1831–1892), tenth Premier of New Zealand
- Harry Bateman (1882–1946), English mathematician
- Harry Bateman (artist) (1896–1976), English landscape painter
- Harry Baweja (born 1956), Indian film director and producer
- Harry Bass (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Beck (1902–1974), English technical draughtsman
- Harry Beck (footballer) (1901–1979), English footballer
- Harry Belafonte (1927–2023), American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist
- Harry Birtwistle (born 2003), Singaporean professional footballer
- Harry Blackmun (1908–1999), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Harry Boland (1887–1922), Irish republican politician
- Harry Bong (1905–1987), Swedish Navy officer
- Harry Boykoff (1922–2001), American basketball player
- Harry Bresslau (1848–1926), German historian and scholar of state papers and of historical and literary muniments
- Harry Brewis (born 1991), English YouTube personality
- Harry Brook (born 1999), English international cricketer
- Harry Browne (1933–2006), American writer, politician, and investment analyst
- Harry E. Burke (1878–1963), American forest entomologist
- Harry Bush (American cricketer) (born 1989), American first-class cricketer
- Harry Bush (English cricketer) (1871–1942), English first-class cricketer
- Harry Callahan (photographer) (1912–1999), American photographer and educator
- Harry Caray (1914–1998), American radio and television sportscaster
- Harry Carey (actor) (1878–1947), American actor
- Harry Carpenter (1925–2010), British BBC sports commentator
- Harry Carpenter (bishop) (1901–1993), English bishop and theologian
- Harry Carpenter (priest), Anglican priest
- Henry Cort Harold Carpenter (1875–1940), British metallurgist and specialist on steels
- Harry Chapin (1942-1981), American folk singer-songwriter and philanthropist
- Harry Choates (1922–1951), American fiddler
- Harry Clarke (1889–1931), Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator
- Harry Clarke (footballer, born 2001) (born 2001), English professional footballer
- Harry Cole (journalist) (born 1986), British journalist
- Harry Connick Jr. (born 1967), American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host
- Harry Cothliff (1916–1976), English footballer
- Harry Crider (born 1999), American football player
- Harry Corbett (1918–1989), English magician, puppeteer and television presenter
- Harry H. Corbett (1925–1982), English actor and comedian
- Harry Crosbie (fl. 1990's - 2020's), Irish property developer
- Harry Crosby (1898–1929), American heir, World War I veteran, bon vivant, poet, and publisher
- Harry Crosby (businessman) (born 1958), American investment banker and former actor
- Harry Daghlian (1921–1945), American physicist
- Harry Danford (born 1939), Canadian politician
- Harry Danning, American Major League Baseball All-Star catcher
- Harry Davenport (1866–1949), American actor
- Harry Dias Bandaranaike (1822-1901), first Sinhala and first indigenous Puisne Justice and acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Harry Edward (1898–1973), British runner
- Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003), Major League Baseball player
- Harry Enfield (born 1961), English comedian, actor, writer and director
- Henry Enfield (1849-1923), English cricketer
- Harry Enten (born 1988), American journalist
- Harry Eriksson (1892–1957), Swedish diplomat
- Harry Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Harry Wickwire Foster, senior Canadian Army officer who commanded two Canadian divisions during World War II, one of the principal commanders of Aleutian Islands campaign and Operation Cottage
- Harry Fox (1882–1959), American vaudeville dancer, actor and comedian born Arthur Carringford
- Harry Frankfurt (1929–2023), American philosopher
- Harrison Garside (born 1997), Australian boxer
- Harry Geithner (born 1976), Colombian actor, film director and producer
- Harry Gesner (1925–2022), American architect
- Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), American President of Brooklyn College, and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research
- Harry Giles (basketball) (born 1998), American professional basketball player
- Harry Giles (footballer) (1911–1986), Australian rules footballer
- Harry Gilmer (1926–2016), American football halfback and quarterback
- Harry Goodsir (1819–c. 1848), Scottish physician and naturalist
- Harry Goonatilake (1929–2008), 5th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
- Harry Gottsacker (born 1999), American racing driver
- Harry Grant (cyclist) (1906-1993), British racing cyclist
- Harry Grant (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
- Harry Grant (racing driver) (1877–1915), American auto racing driver
- Harry Grant (rugby league) (born 1998), Australian professional rugby league footballer
- Harry Gration (1950–2022), English journalist and broadcaster
- Harry Gregg (1932–2020), Northern Irish professional footballer and manager
- Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961), British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer
- Harry Grindell Matthews, English inventor who claimed to have invented a death ray in the 1920s
- Harry Groener (born 1951), German-born American actor and dancer
- Harry Guardino (1925–1995), American actor
- Harry Gurney (born 1986), English cricketer
- Harry Gwala (1920-1995), South African African National Congress and Communist Party of South Africa revolutionary
- Harry Gyles (1880–1959), Australian rules footballer
- Harry Harris (boxer) (1880–1959), American world champion bantamweight
- Harry Harrison (writer) (1925–2012), American science fiction author
- Harry Hill (born 1964), British comedian - also known as Matthew Keith Hall
- Harry Hollins (1932–1989), American politician
- Harry Houdini (1874–1926), American escapologist and stunt performer born Erik Weisz
- Harry Hughes (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Jerome (1940–1982), Canadian track and field sprinter and physical education teacher
- Harry Kalas (1936-2009), American sportscaster
- Harry Kane (born 1993), English footballer
- Harry Kewell (born 1978), Australian association football coach, manager and former player
- Harry King (cricketer) (1881-1947), English cricketer
- Harry King (footballer) (1886-1968), English footballer
- Harry King (politician) (1902-1981), American politician
- Harry King (racing driver) (born 2001), English racing driver
- Harry Kinnard, American general officer, one of the principal commanders of Pleiku Campaign
- Harry Knowles (born 1971), American film critic and writer
- Harry Krakow (1910–1991), birth name of King Levinsky, American heavyweight boxer
- Harold Walter Kroto, known as Harry Kroto (1939–2016), English chemist
- Harry Landis (1926–2022), British actor and director
- Harry Richard Landis (1899–2008), American First World War veteran
- Harry Langdon (1884–1944), American comedian
- Harry Lauder (1870–1950), Scottish singer and comedian
- Harry Lawtey (born 1996), English actor
- Harry Lennix (born 1964), American actor
- Harry Lewis (boxer) (1886–1956), American world champion welterweight born Harry Besterman
- Harry Litman, American lawyer, law professor and political commentator
- Harry Lloyd (born 1983), English actor
- Harry Lorraine (American actor) (1873–1935), American silent film actor
- Harry Lorraine (English actor) (1885–1970), actor in English silent films
- Harry Lorayne (1926–2023), American magician
- Harry Luff (1856–1916), American Major League Baseball player
- Harry Maguire (born 1993), English footballer
- Harry Manser (1874–1955), justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
- Harry Michael (born 1992), Australian rapper and songwriter, known professionally as Masked Wolf
- Harry Morgan (1915–2011), American actor
- Harry S. Morgan (1945–2011), German director and producer of pornographic movies
- Harry Mosby (1945–1993), Australian Paralympic athlete from the Torres Strait
- Sir Harry Burrard Neale, British officer of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for Lymington
- Harry Ord (1819–1885), British colonial administrator
- Harry Pace (1884–1943), American music publisher and insurance executive
- Harry Partch (1901–1974), American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments
- Harry Patch (1898–2009), English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World War from any country
- Harry Paulet, British sailor
- Harry Peglar (1812 – c. 1849), English seaman
- Harry Prendergast (1834–1913), British general, one of the principal commanders of Third Anglo-Burmese War
- Harry Redknapp (born 1947), English footballer and manager
- Harry Reems (1947–2013), American pornographic film actor
- Harry Roque (born 1966), Filipino lawyer and former law professor
- Harry Sacksioni (born 1950), composer and guitar virtuoso of Dutch origin
- Herschel Saltzman, known as Harry Saltzman (1915–1994), Canadian theatre and film producer
- Harry Secombe (1921–2001), Welsh comedian, actor, singer and television presenter
- Harry Seidler (1923–2006), Austrian-born Australian architect
- Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858–1947), American retail magnate
- Harry Sheezel (born 2004), Australian rules footballer
- Harry Shum (born 1966), Chinese computer scientist
- Harry Shum Jr. (born 1982), Costa Rican-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer
- Harry Thomas Silcock (1882–1969), English Quaker missionary
- Harry Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Souttar (born 1998), professional footballer
- Harry Dean Stanton (1926–2017), American actor, musician, and singer
- Harry Styles (born 1994), British singer, songwriter, actor as well as member of the boy band One Direction.
- Harry Stafford (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Sugiyama (born 1985), Japanese television personality and model
- Harry Swartz (born 1996), American soccer player
- Harry Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Alan Towers (1920–2009), British-born radio and independent film producer and screenwriter
- Harry Traver (1877-1961), American roller coaster and amusement ride engineer
- Harry Treadaway (born 1984), English actor
- Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd President of the United States
- Harry Vickers (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Warner (1881–1958), American cartoonist and one of the founders of Warner Brothers
- Harry Weese (1915–1998), American architect
- Harry Wolff (booking agent) (1890–1934), booking agent for theater and vaudeville performers in the early 20th century
- Harry Wright (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Winks (born 1993) English footballer
- Harry Winston (1896–1978), American jeweler
- H. J. Sterling (Harry John Sterling; 1882–1959), Canadian ice hockey administrator
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (born 1984), second son of King Charles III of the United Kingdom
- Harry F. Stimpson Jr., (Harry Farnum Stimpson Junior, 1913–2005), American lawyer and ambassador
Fictional characters[edit]
- Harry, a main character in Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
- Harry Potter, the title character in Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- Sheriff Harry S. Truman, a character in the American television series Twin Peaks
- Dr. Harry Bertram, a character in the 1989 American science-fiction drama movie Beyond the Stars
- Harry Black, in Mark Millar's and Greg Capullo's comic book series Reborn
- Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood's character in the Dirty Harry film series
- Harry Callahan, a minor character in Diane Duane's Young Wizards series
- Harry Lyme (Joe Pesci), an antagonist in the Home Alone series
- Harry Solomon, a character on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Harry Fisher, a former character in the BBC drama Waterloo Road
- Harry Coleman, a character in the 2003 film Freaky Friday
- Harry Bailey, George Bailey's younger brother in the movie It's A Wonderful Life
- Harry Haller, the protagonist in Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf
- Harry Hart, a character in the Kingsman film series
- Sir Harry Pearce, a character in the BBC spy drama Spooks
- Sir Harry Paget Flashman, main and eponymous character in the "Flashman" series by George MacDonald Fraser
- Harry Mason, protagonist in the 1999 survival horror video game Silent Hill
- Judge Harold "Harry" T. Stone in the TV series Night Court
- Harry Sullivan, a companion to Tom Baker's Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who
- Harry Dresden, the title character Jim Butcher's urban fantasy series, The Dresden Files and in The Dresden Files (TV series)
- Harry the Hobo, a character played by Bilal Shahid in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Harry the Horse, a character in the Broadway Musical Guys and Dolls
- Harry Hewitt, a character from Coronation Street
- Harry Osborn, a character from Spider-Man
- Harry Sultenfuss, a character 1991 and 1994 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movies My Girl and My Girl 2 played by Dan Aykroyd
- Harry Wells, a character from the Arrowverse franchise
- Harry Keogh, the main character in Brian Lumley's series of horror novels, Necroscope
- Henry's cousin in Henry Hugglemonster
References[edit]
- ^ "Harry". Behind the Name. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
- ^ 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