Harry

Where Harry comes from

Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.
— Wiktionary's entry for Harry
  • Germanic
  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1874
    Harry Houdini born
    Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #12 among boys — 2,152 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1884
    Harry S. Truman born
    president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician
  4. 1889
    Peak, #8
    2,559 babies named Harry — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #189.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  • A male given name from French, originating as an Anglicization of Henri
  • A diminutive of the male given name Henry, Harold.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Harriet.
Namesakes
  • Harry S. Truman · president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician, 1884–1972
  • Harry Houdini · Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer, 1874–1926
  • Harry Kane · English association football player, born 1993
  • Harry Martinson · Swedish writer, 1904–1978
  • Harry Styles · English singer, songwriter and actor, born 1994

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.