Has

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 Haris in MY Malaysia, PK Pakistan, CH Switzerland.

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●

Attested across 5 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◐

Has is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname6.0K records spelled Has55 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Belgium, United States, Germany, Netherlands

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Haes, Häs, Hàs, Haş, Hãs

• Arabic surname3.1K records spelled Has91 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Türkiye

  Also written Hàs, Hãs, Hâs, Hãš, Hăš

• Indonesian surname3.0K records spelled Has12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Hà'S, Haś, Hăš, Hàś, Hāš

• Russian surname2.1K records spelled Has40 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Poland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

  Also written Гасс, Hass, Гусс, Хасс, Haś

• a separate surname2.0K records spelled Has8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Türkiye

  Also written Haś, Hás, Haş, Hās, Haș

• Hindi surname1.7K records spelled Has3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Türkiye, Malaysia

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Haş

• Spanish surname1.6K records spelled Has21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Mexico, United States, Spain

  Also written Hâs, Hãś, Häs, Håš, Håś

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●

Has 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 German, uncertain stem noted by the author; later rejected as explanatory stem

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In English, third-person singular simple present indicative of have

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

• In Turkish, inherent in

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

• In kr, come, I perform the office of a Ladan. sdnyd, s. profession, employment, occupation, trade; e.g. sd- nydntse kermdlam, he is a priest by profession; si sdnydn- tie kdgel, he is a blacksmith by profession; sdngdntse no- gana, he is a soldier by profession. — comp. kdgalla. sdnyama, 8. one who has a profession, an artisan, artificer

  as a word·Kanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)

• In kr, damaged my farm. Idsar or Idsgr, s. or: clinid Idsar, afternoon about three or four

  as a word·Kanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)

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.

Notable people with this name●

• Kadir Hasb. 1921TRTurkish businessperson (1921–2007)
• Wojciech Jerzy Hasb. 1925PLPolish film director (1925-2000)
• Şeref Hasb. 1936TRTurkish association football player (1936–2019)
• Jadwiga Hasb. 1945PLPolish poet
• İlyas Hasb. 1945TRTurkish businessperson and convicted murderer (1945–1984)
• Hasan Hasb. 1960TRTurkish weightlifter (born 1960)
• Bekir Ozan Hasb. 1985TRTurkish association football player (born 1985)
• Kamila Misiakiewicz-HasPLPolish researcher (clinical biology)
• Cristina HasROresearcher
• Recep HasTRTurkish researcher

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 · 154 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Has?

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

In which country does Has have the most bearers?

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

Where is Has most common?

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

How common is Has compared with other names?

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

What does the name Has mean?

Recorded meaning: probably not independent; short forms/mixed forms from Hader, Hase, Hesse