Entry № 0967 · English, French, Germanic origin

Harriet Harriet — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HAIR-ee-et /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English, French, Germanic
Meaning
"Home-ruler (Harriet Tubman; Harriet Beecher Stowe)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "home-ruler (harriet tubman; harriet beecher stowe)".

Harriet is the English form of the French Henriette — from the Old Germanic haim (home) + ric (ruler). **Harriet Tubman (c. 1822-1913)** — **the formerly enslaved American abolitionist who personally led 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people via the Underground Railroad; later served as a Union Army scout and the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War (the Combahee River Raid, 1863)**. **Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)** — **author of *Uncle Tom's Cabin* (1852), the second-best-selling book of the 19th century after the Bible**, which Lincoln credited with starting the Civil War.

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Home-ruler. Tubman's Underground Railroad; Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin started the Civil War.

The name in its native script.

Harriet
Transliteration
Harriet
Pronunciation
/ ˈhær.i.ət /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Harriet stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Harriet · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Harriets before her.

Real people
Harriet Tubman
American abolitionist.
c. 1822 – 1913
Harriet Beecher Stowe
American author.
1811 – 1896
In fiction
Harriet
Harriet the Spy.
1964

Names connected to Harriet.

The number behind Harriet.

3

The Communicator

Harriet reduces to three — the number of home-ruler.

Why families chose this name.

"Tubman and Stowe. Seven letters. Harriet."
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