Harriet

English variation of French Henriette

"estate ruler"

Harriet Origin and Meaning

Variation of Hariata

Harriet Rank in US Top 1000

# 983 in the US

Harriet Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 174 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Harriet

• 983 US 2019
• 174 Nameberry 2026
• 157 Unique 2024
• 648 Future 2028
• 68 England 2024
• 155 scotland 2024
• 63 Australia 2024
• 53 New Zealand 2024

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• Henrietta
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Famous People Named Harriet

• Harriet Beecher Stowe American novelist
• Harriet Nelson (born Peggy Louise Snyder) American singer and actress, wife of Ozzie Nelson
• Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross) American abolitionist
• Harriet Mary Walter English actress
• Harriet Ruth Harman British Shadow Deputy Prime Minister
• Harriet Martineau English social theorist
• Harriet Ellan Miers 31st U.S. White House Counsel
• Harriet Ann Jacobs American slave narrative author
• Harriet Sansom Harris American actress
• Harriet Andersson Swedish actress
• Harriet Roberts English dance pop singer
• Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana (Howard) Sutherland Leveson,Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, British Mistress of the Robes
• Harriet Sarah Lady Mordaunt, Scottish divorcee of MP Charles Mordaunt and friend of King Edward VII
• Harriet Arbuthnot English diarist and friend of the Duke of Wellington
• Harriet Hemings daughter of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson

The name Harriet in Pop Culture

• Harriet Chetwode Talbot, main character in film "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
• Harriet Welsch main character in Louise Fitzhugh's "Harriet the Spy"
• Harriet Jones character on TV's "Doctor Who" and "Torchwood"
• Harriet Vanger character in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
• Harriet Smith character in Jane Austen's "Emma"
• Harriet Vane character in Dorothy L. Sayers' "Gaudy Night"
• Harriet Oleson character on TV's "Little House on the Prairie"
• Harriet Goodcharm character on TV's "The Worst Witch"
• Harriet "Harry" Watson sister of Dr. John Watson on TV's "Sherlock"
• Harriet Beadle "Tattycoram " character in Charles Dickens' "Little Dorrit"
• Harriet Townsend character in "Yesterday's Child" by Barbara Woo
• Harriet Bentley character in film "Wild Child"
• Harriet Schulenburg character on British TV's Green Wing"
• Harriet Hayward character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
• Harriet dog character in children's books by Nancy Carlson
• Harriet character in "The Maze Runner" series
• Harriet Kepner Avery, daughter of Dr. Jackson Avery and Dr. April Kepner on "Grey's Anatomy"
• Mad Harriet villain in DC Comics
• Harriet Arkham character in Batman comics
• Harriet Hyde alter,ego in British TV series "Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde"
• Harriet Morton character in Eva Ibbotson's novel "A Company of Swans"
• Harriet Sims U.S. Navy officer in the TV show JAG
• Harriet character in the videogame “Super Mario Odyssey”
• Harriet Brindle character on “Small Wonder”