Harriet

Where Harriet comes from

Anglicized form of French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (“Henry”), popular in England in the 18th and 19th centuries.
— Wiktionary's entry for Harriet
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1811
    Harriet Beecher Stowe born
    American abolitionist and author
  2. 1821
    Harriet Tubman born
    African-American abolitionist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #73 among girls with 319 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #846.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe · American abolitionist and author, 1811–1896
  • Harriet Tubman · African-American abolitionist, 1821–1913
  • Harriet Martineau · English writer and sociologist, 1802–1876
  • Harriet Taylor Mill · British philosopher, 1807–1858
  • Harriet Lane · First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861, 1830–1903

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.