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Updated August 7, 2024

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old German : Commander
  • Old English : Army ruler
  • German : Ruler of the household
  • German : House ruler

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Family name origins & meanings

  • English (mainly South Wales and southwestern England) : from the medieval personal name Harry, which was the usual vernacular form of Henry, with assimilation of the consonantal cluster and regular Middle English change of -er- to -ar-.
  • French : from the Germanic personal name Hariric, composed of the elements hari, heri ‘army’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.

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