Harith

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

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◐

Harith is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name6.3K records spelled Harith10 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Hărith, Hàrìth, Ĥặříțĥ, Hârîth, Ḥārith

• French given name408 records spelled Harith4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Malaysia, United States, Tanzania

  Also written Hârith, Håříth

• Bangla given name381 records spelled Harith9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Singapore, Iraq

  Also written Harit, Horit, হরিত, Hurit

• a separate given name192 records spelled Harith3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iraq, United States, Malaysia, India

  Also written Ḥārith, Ḥarith

46 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●

Harith is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Malay, alternative form of Haris

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

• In English, North African; cultivator.

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• A collector of

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• Poderoso

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 19 years between 1999–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Al-Harith ibn Abbadb. 500SApoet
• Al-Harith ibn Surayjb. 601IQArab rebel leader in Khurasan (died 746)
• Abu Firas al-Hamdanib. 932IQnot in their usual nameHamdanid dynasty prince and poet (932–968)
• Al-Harith ibn Kaladab. 1000SAIslamic scholar
• Harith Taha al-Rawib. 1929IQIraqi poet
• Harith al-Dharib. 1941IQSunni Arab cleric
• Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-YashkuriArabian poet
• Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalibuncle of Muhammad
• Harith Haziqactor
• Abu Waqid al-Laythinot in their usual nameAccording to some, he participated at Badr (Very unlikely). Other said that he became Muslim later on the day of conquest. There is also differences regarding his date of death.

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 · 84 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Harith?

We estimate roughly 407 people bear Harith (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Harith have the most bearers?

Harith is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled harith.

How common is Harith compared with other names?

In Malaysia, Harith is the 473rd most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.

Is Harith a male or female name?

Harith 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 Harith mean?

Recorded meaning: ‘Provider’, ‘breadwinner’.