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Harriette

Harriette: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“home ruler”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
har-ee-ET · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

French and English feminine form of Harry or Henry. It comes from Germanic Heimrich, from elements meaning 'home' and 'ruler'.

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How popular is Harriette?

20241.8 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Harriette in 20246

Peak year1917

Total US babies since 18808,728

Harriette is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Harriette

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Hattiehome ruler · English
  • Harryhome ruler · English
  • Halestate ruler · English
  • Harriettestate ruler · Germanic
  • Emmawhole, universal · Germanic
  • Ameliawork · Germanic
  • Ellaall, completely · Germanic
  • Alicenoble type · Germanic

Harriette questions

What does the name Harriette mean?

Harriette means "home ruler". It comes from Germanic. French and English feminine form of Harry or Henry. It comes from Germanic Heimrich, from elements meaning 'home' and 'ruler'.

Is Harriette a boy or girl name?

Harriette is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Harriette?

6 US babies were named Harriette in 2024. Its peak year was 1917.

How do you pronounce Harriette?

Harriette is usually pronounced har-ee-ET.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.