Harriet is a girl's name of French origin meaning “home ruler.” In 2024 it was given to 208 girls in the United States.
Harriet belongs to the French tradition. Its meaning — “home ruler” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Henri.
In the United States, Harriet first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #73 in 1880, and in 2024 208 babies received the name — 90,076 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Harriet means “home ruler” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Harriet is a girl name. In 2024, 208 babies received the name in the US.
Harriet comes from the French tradition. It is also spelled Henri.
Harriet first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #73 in 1880, and 208 babies were given the name in 2024.
Harriet is pronounced /ˈhæɹiɛt/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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