Harry (given name)

Harry is a male given name, a Middle English form of Henry.[1] It is also a diminutive form of Harold, Harrison or Harvey.[2]

Harry
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States, official portrait by Greta Kempton, c.1945.
GenderMasculine
Origin
Word/nameMedieval English form of Henry (name)
MeaningRuler (Old English),
War God (Norse),
Army Commander (Old Germanic)
Other names
Related namesHenry,
Hank,
Henk,
Hendrik,
Harold,
Hereweald,
Haraldr,
Harvey,
Harris,
Harrison,
Harriet,
Harriete,
Harolda,
Éibhear (Irish),
Haris (Greek),
Charis (Greek),
Harilaos (Greek),
Charilaos (Greek),
Theoharry (Greek),
Theoharis (Greek),
Theocharis (Greek)
Häräy (Tatar),
Gäräy (Tatar),
Hari (Hindi),
Harri (Finnish/Afrikaans),
Heinrich (Old Germanic)

People

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Fictional characters

References

  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
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