Harsha

given name · Hindi · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Harsha is a given name, most frequently recorded in India. It appears chiefly in Hindi and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: The name Harsha possibly means "deaf," "mute," or "magician".

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 37K◐
  • USUnited States1 in 336K
  • LKSri Lanka1 in 13K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈1.1K ●

across 7 countries

Sources
243 ●

71K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 107K ◐

Guyana

Meaning & origin●

The name Harsha possibly means "deaf," "mute," or "magician."

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Harsha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India—88,60163K rec.—21Harsha208
US United States—9915.3K rec.1 in 336K991Harsha243
GB United Kingdom—587409 rec.—listedHarsha83
CA Canada—194197 rec.—1Harsha44
LK Sri Lanka#958112759 rec.——Harsha43
SG Singapore—91104 rec.——Harsha20
FI Finland—901 rec.—60Harsha3
SE Sweden—70△11 rec.1 in 146K70—11
MY Malaysia—6049 rec.——Harsha14
NL Netherlands—4541 rec.——Harsha12
RU Russia—4035 rec.——Harsha14
NZ New Zealand—3231 rec.——Harsha13

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Hindi90K60%
  • English24K16%
  • Assamese6.8K5%
  • Telugu6.8K5%
  • Sinhala4.7K3%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Hindi89,61760%
English24,25416%
Assamese6,8355%
Telugu6,8345%
Sinhala4,7313%

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◐

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

  • English given name35K records spelled Harsha6 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Härshã, Hárshä, Hârśhâ

  • Hindi given name8.3K records spelled Harsha119 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: Hindi, English, Assamese

    Also written Harsh, Harsa, Hars, ฮาริช, হর্ষ

  • Sinhala given name7.4K records spelled Harsha9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Sri Lanka, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written හර්ෂ, 'Harsha, හර්ෂි, හිරුෂි, Hàrsha

  • Indonesian given name2.2K records spelled Harsha4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Indonesia, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Hârshâ, Hãřśhâ

44 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●

Harsha is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Biblical name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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●

020040060019201940196019802000518 · 1993

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Harsha in naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls), India, 1919–2015
Yearrecords
19191
19221
19232
19281
19302
19311
19321
19341
19362
19372
19381
19392
19401
19411
19421
19431
19442
19453
19467
19471
19483
19493
19505
19517
19524
19539
19547
19555
195610
195717
19587
195919
196018
196127
196236
196333
196443
196550
196646
196766
196869
196993
197072
197199
1972116
1973119
1974125
1975138
1976158
1977155
1978182
1979177
1980199
1981221
1982250
1983227
1984249
1985255
1986325
1987346
1988368
1989414
1990419
1991413
1992417
1993518
1994511
1995438
1996306
1997282
1998224
199912
20081
20091
20104
20121
20133
20143
20155

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 79 years between 1919–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1900195020002050Bill Harsha, b. 1921A Harsha, b. 1980Yashas Harsha, b. 2010

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●

Attested in 36 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Harsha
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaIndia Names Dataset — Andhra Pradesh Electoral Rolls (Internet Archive)—6.8K#790
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020991#7,773
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020936#7,773
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020844#29,761
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010770#30,367
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000697#31,426
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1993518—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1994511—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1995438—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1990419—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1992417—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1989414—

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 240 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Harsha?
We estimate roughly 1.1 thousand people bear Harsha (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
In which country does Harsha have the most bearers?
Harsha is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled harsha.
How common is Harsha compared with other names?
In Sri Lanka, Harsha is the 958th most common given name of 11,905 given names recorded there.
Is Harsha a male or female name?
Harsha is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
What does the name Harsha mean?
Recorded meaning: The name Harsha possibly means "deaf," "mute," or "magician."
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Harsha” — the 958th most common given name in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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