MEANING & HISTORY
What does Harris mean?
Harris is formed from Harry with a patronymic ending. Its immediate surname-style sense is son of Harry, while Harry belongs to the Henri and Henry family.
The older home-and-ruler components explain the base name rather than an extra meaning attached independently to Harris. The dictionary explicitly describes the patronymic formation. A given name can retain that historical structure without requiring the bearer’s father to be called Harry.
Harris and Harrison are related surname-style constructions but remain different exact personal names.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Dictionary accounts by language
English
From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri.
A male given name.
Wiktionary: Harris (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Harris
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Harris Sarmiento
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Harris
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Names in this collection
- Baris♂Unmarked Turkish Barış form; peace
- Caris·Welsh love-name branch; separate Dutch personal-name account
- Harlin·Often associated in secondary name guides with: A Harlan-family surname-name
- Harriet♀Home and ruler; from Henriette
- Harry♂Medieval English form of Henry
- Maris♂♀Maria familiar form or Latin of the sea
- Morris♂Medieval form of Maurice
- Norris♂Northerner, through an Anglo-Norman surname
Recorded combinations with Harris
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
HARRIS
· CSV row 4,127 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 1 person records with this given name · Q20631613 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q20631613 — Harris (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Harris Sarmiento (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Harris (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Henry (opens in a new tab)