Haris

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hari in IN India, ID Indonesia, SE Sweden and 5 more, Charissa in BR Brazil, NL Netherlands, PH Philippines and 3 more, Haire in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DK Denmark and 1 more and Charis in FI Finland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Haris is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname87K records spelled Haris86 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

  Languages: English, Hindi, German

  Also written Harris, Haaris, Harries, হারিস, Harees

• English given name36K records spelled Haris13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, India, Malaysia

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Hãrîs, Hãrïs, Hâřis, Hariş, Ḥāris

• French given name7.2K records spelled Haris4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Harïs, Hãrïs

• Russian given name7.2K records spelled Haris55 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Croatian

  Also written Харис, Harris, Харіс, Харит, Kharis

• a separate given name6.6K records spelled Haris8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Malaysia

  Also written Hariš, Ḥāris, Harīś, Harīs, Harīš

• Hindi given name6.5K records spelled Haris116 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Türkiye, Thailand

  Languages: Hindi, Telugu, Assamese

  Also written Harish, หฤษฎ์, หฤษฏ์, หฤทธิ์, Hariş

• Spanish given name5.5K records spelled Haris11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Háŕĩś, Harís, Härïs, Hariš, Hàrîs

• Danish given name2.5K records spelled Haris6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Håřïš

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Haris is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Misspelling of Harris.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Haris är ett arabiskt namn. Det kan komma från två olika ord som betyder ’odlare’ (< Harith) eller ’vakt, vaksam’.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Arabic, ploughman, cultivator, agnomen of lion

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, vigilant, guardian, protector

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Hungarian, corncrake (a bird of the rail family, Crex crex)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 72 years between 1926–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Harith al-Muhasibib. 781IQnot in their usual nameArab theologian and scholar (781–857)
• Haris Silajdžićb. 1945BABosnian politician and academic
• Haris Alexioub. 1950GRGreek singer and musician
• Harris Savidesb. 1957USnot in their usual nameAmerican cinematographer (1957–2012)
• Haris Zambarloukosb. 1970CYGreek Cypriot cinematographer
• Haris Medunjaninb. 1985BABosnian association football player
• Haris Seferovićb. 1992CHSwiss association football player (born 1992)
• Haris Vučkićb. 1992SISlovenian professional footballer
• Haris Tabakovićb. 1994CHBosnian-Swiss association football player
• Haris Belkeblab. 1994FRFrench and Algerian footballer (born 1994)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 682 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Haris?

We estimate roughly 198 thousand people bear Haris (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Haris have the most bearers?

Haris is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled hari.

Where is Haris most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Haris is densest in Finland — about 1 in 266 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Haris compared with other names?

In India, Haris is the 148th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Haris a male or female name?

Haris is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Haris mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Javanese