Harry
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From the male personal name Harry, a form of Henry
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hæɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Harry is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In the Netherlands it is the 99th most common given name.
- SESweden1 in 453(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 822
- CNChina≈1 in 970
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Harry itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #473 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 579 (measured from records)
- 1 in 453 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the male personal name Harry, a form of Henry.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Harry, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Harry counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,400,000 est. | ≈1 in 970 | — | Harry | 91 |
| US United States | #217 | 138,544 | 1 in 2.4K | 138K | Harry | 579 |
| GB United Kingdom | #148 | ≈80,000 est. | ≈1 in 822 | 1.8K | Harry | 347 |
| DE Germany | #301 | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Harry | 234 |
| IT Italy | #375 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Harry | 78 |
| CA Canada | #210 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 4 | Harry | 273 |
| AU Australia | #220 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 517 | Harry | 289 |
| SE Sweden | #600 | 22,541 | 1 in 453 | 23K | Harry | 75 |
| NL Netherlands | #99 | 16as Herry | 1 in 1.1M | 5.8K | Harry | 132 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Harry is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, English form of Henry, from Germanic heim + ric, 'home' + 'power'.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In English, regular Middle English pronunciation of Henry; first attested Herre de Caraera 1176 P (Nf)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
from the Germanic personal name Hariric, composed of the elements hari, heri ‘army’ -t- rlc ‘power(ful)’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Pet form of Henry. This was the usual English form of Henry in the Middle Ages and later. It was used by Shakespeare, for example, as the familiar name of the mature King Henry V (compare Hal).
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
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 -erto -ar-.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Heinrich Heineb. 1797FRnot in their usual nameGerman poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
- Harry Houdinib. 1874USHungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
- Harry S. Trumanb. 1884USpresident of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
- Sinclair Lewisb. 1885USnot in their usual nameAmerican writer and playwright (1885–1951)
- Harry Martinsonb. 1904SESwedish writer (1904–1978)
- Francis Crickb. 1916GBnot in their usual nameBritish molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
- Lee Kuan Yewb. 1923SGnot in their usual name1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)
- Harold Krotob. 1939GBnot in their usual nameBritish chemist (1939-2016)
- Harry Reidb. 1939USAmerican politician (1939–2021)
- Harry Stylesb. 1994GBEnglish singer, songwriter and actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 137 sources across 69 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 138K | #408 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 23K | #188 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 7K | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 5.8K | #628 |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 1.8K | #20 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2023 | 517 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 329 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 302 | #408 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2025 | 163 | #39 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2025 | 163 | #39 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2025 | 125 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 124 | #31 |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Harry?
- In the etymology graph, Enrique, Harold and Henrique are forms of the same name in other languages; Hal and Hank are recorded short or pet forms; it is recorded as a short form of Henry.
- Is Harry a male or female name?
- Harry is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Harry mean, and where does it come from?
- From the male personal name Harry, a form of Henry. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Harry?
- A machine transcription gives /hæɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Harry have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 million people named Harry in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled harry.
- Where is Harry most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Harry is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 453 people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Harry?
- In the United States, the national register counted 138,544 people named Harry in 2020, about 1 in 2.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Harry compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Harry is the 99th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Harry?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/harryThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Harry” — the 99th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.