Harris

Where Harris comes from

From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri.
— Wiktionary's entry for Harris
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #403 among boys — 18 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1889
    Peak, #313
    31 babies named Harris — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #637.
  4. 1937
    Harris Yulin born
    American actor
  5. 1996
    Harris Dickinson born
    British actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Harris Dickinson · British actor, born 1996
  • Harris Yulin · American actor, 1937–2025
  • Harris Wofford · American politician, 1926–2019
  • Harris Jayaraj · Indian composer, born 1975
  • Harris Flanagin · governor of Arkansas from 1862 to 1864, and in exile from 1864 to 1865, 1817–1874

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.