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Harriet

OriginEnglish variation of French Henriette
Meaning"estate ruler"
GenderGirl

About Harriet

Variation of Hariata

2 syllables.

As of September 2026, Harriet ranked #1073 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #73 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #338.

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Famous Harriets

  • 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

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”

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