Harwood is a boy's name of English origin meaning “hare and hoar, grey.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Harwood at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“hare and hoar, grey”
Pronunciation
/ˈhɑː(ɹ)wʊd/
About the name Harwood
Harwood belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “hare and hoar, grey” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Harwood first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1841 in 1919, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 340 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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.