Hari
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Swahili: 'heat'; also Hindu name for Vishnu
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hɑɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hari is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In the United Arab Emirates it is the 88th most common given name.
- QAQatar≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 2.1K
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 2.9K
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 Hari 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.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- #1000 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 347 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈170,000 named Haris, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Qatar, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Haris in SE Sweden, PK Pakistan, Haire in US United States and Harri in FI Finland.
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)
Swahili: 'heat'; also Hindu name for Vishnu.
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hari 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #935 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | listed | Haris | 86 |
| US United States | — | 138,544as Harry | 1 in 2.4K | 624K | Haire | 347 |
| ID Indonesia | #95 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | listed | Hari | 193 |
| SE Sweden | — | 22,541as Harry | 1 in 453 | 23K | Haris | 16 |
| FI Finland | — | 20,928as Harri | 1 in 266 | 26K | Harri | 13 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #88 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Hari | 82 |
| QA Qatar | #107 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Hari | 32 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); 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)
Hari 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.
Sanskrit: denoting a colour variously interpreted as brown, yellow, or green, and used particularly to describe the horses of Indra. It is also used as a noun with various meanings (‘lion’, ‘sun’, ‘monkey’, or ‘wind’) and is especially a byname of Vishnu or Krishna.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Hindu name, from Sanskrit hari ‘one who takes away (evil)’, an epithet of the god Vishnu. It is only found as a male given name in India, but has come to be used as a surname in the U.S. among South Indians.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
yellow; tawny; green. the Zodiac sign of Leo; a parrot; a cuckoo; a peacock; a horse; a horse of Indra; a man; a ray of light; wind; fire; the moon; the sun; Indra; Brahma; Visnu and Siva. Vayu; Yama; Sukra.
as a nameThe Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
perhaps a derivative of the personal name Zaharija (see Zacharias).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In German, from hari 'army'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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)
- Hari Singh I of Kashmirb. 1895INLast King of Kashmir (1925-1952)
- Hari Rhodesb. 1932USAmerican actor and author (1932-1992)
- Hary Gunartob. 1954IDnot in their usual nameJapanese scientist
- Hari Kostovb. 1959MKPrime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
- Hary Prinzb. 1965ATnot in their usual nameAustrian actor
- Hary Tanoesoedibjob. 1965IDnot in their usual nameIndonesian businessman and politician
- Hari Kunzrub. 1969GBBritish novelist and journalist (1969-)
- Hari Tokeinob. 1979JPManga artist
- Hari Kondabolub. 1982USAmerican comedian
- Hari Nefb. 1992USAmerican actor, model and author
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 85 sources across 43 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.2K | #4,597 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 756 | #4,597 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 110 | #8,013 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 108 | #2,882 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 60 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 26 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 23 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #23,370 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 8 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 does the name Hari mean, and where does it come from?
- Swahili: 'heat'; also Hindu name for Vishnu. Recorded by African Names.
- How do you pronounce Hari?
- A machine transcription gives /hɑɹi/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Hari have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 166 thousand people named Haris in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- Is Hari a male or female name?
- Hari 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.
- How common is the name Hari?
- 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 Hari compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Hari is the 935th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hariThe 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, “Hari” — the 935th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.