What does Harry mean?

Definitions for Harry
ˈhær ihar·ry

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Harry.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provokeverb

    annoy continually or chronically

    "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

  2. harry, ravageverb

    make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

GCIDE

  1. Harrynoun

    Harold or Henry; a nickname.

Wiktionary

  1. harryverb

    To bother; to trouble.

    We shall harry the enemy at every turn until his morale breaks and he is at our mercy.

  2. Harrynoun

    A male given name from the Germanic languages, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.

    Yet weep that Harry's dead, and so will I; / But Harry lives that shall convert those tears / By number into hours of happiness.

  3. Harrynoun

    A patronymic surname.

  4. Etymology: Medieval English spoken form of Henri.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Harryverb

    Etymology: harer, French.

    Thou must not take my former sharpness ill.
    —— I repent me much
    That I so harry’d him. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

ChatGPT

  1. Harry

    Harry is a masculine given name of English origin. It is derived from the Old High German name "Heimirich," which means "ruler of the home" or "ruler of the household." Harry can be both a standalone name or a nickname for the name Harold or Henry.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Harryverb

    to strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land

  2. Harryverb

    to agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass

  3. Harryverb

    to make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Harry

    har′i, v.t. to plunder: to ravage: to destroy: to harass:—pr.p. harr′ying; pa.p. harr′ied.n. Harr′ier, one who, or that which, harries: a kind of hawk so named from its harrying or destroying small animals.—Harrying, or Harrowing, of hell, the spoiling of hell, the delivery by Christ, upon His descent into hell after the crucifixion, of the souls of patriarchs and prophets there held in bondage by Satan (1 Pet. iii. 19)—a favourite subject of Christian art, and of our own medieval writers of Mysteries. [A.S. hergian, from A.S. here, gen. herg-es, an army; Ger. heer.]

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Who Was Who?

  1. Harry

    (See Thomas and Richard.)

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HARRY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Harry is ranked #3802 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Harry surname appeared 9,311 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Harry.

    59% or 5,498 total occurrences were White.
    28.6% or 2,664 total occurrences were Black.
    3.5% or 327 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    3.1% or 291 total occurrences were Asian.
    3% or 286 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    2.6% or 245 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Harry' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2212

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Harry' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3843

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Harry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Harry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Harry in a Sentence

  1. John Legend:

    Talking about retirement, I’ve never spoken about retirement, and if I do retire, I wo n’t make an announcement, i ’ll just fade away. I don’t think this big deal, ‘ I ’m going to retire ’ – it stinks of selling tickets... it's dishonest. It's not rock and roll. Rod Stewart -LRB- left -RRB- was also asked about thefan that prompted John Legend to walk off stageat a recent Las Vegas show. John Legend Reschedules Concerts Planned for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Wedding Weekend.

  2. Tucker Carlson:

    Good evening, everyone. I'm Tucker Carlson. I'm like if a pair of boat shoes came to life, and I'm Laura Ingraham, and when I watch Harry Potter I root for Voldemort.

  3. Sean Biggerstaff:

    It can be a bit irritating when someone asks me how the new film's coming along when I haven't worked on Harry Potter for two years. Generally speaking, I have no problem with it. Most actors go through their careers without ever being involved in something so spectacular, so I think it would be a bit ignorant of me to object to being associated with it. Harry Potter is an amazing thing. I'm not just being diplomatic here either. I'm still reminded regularly of what a unique experience it was.

  4. Duncan Sandys:

    One of the reasons why the royal family has survived in the hearts of the British people for so long is they have modernized and moved with the times. I think people want to see, at the end of the day … them happy just as they want to be happy themselves. I think when you look at the pictures, film and everything of Prince Prince Harry and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, what you see is what is replicated millions of times every year around the world : two people falling in love.

  5. Diane Warren:

    Since 80 was in the title I got a crazy idea, why not get some of the most iconic singers from the 80s, who are still amazing and always will be, to all sing it?!!!! Everyone I approached said yes and was just as excited as me!!, i’m honored to have Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and Debbie Harry on this song!! ‘Gonna Be You’ is that song you want to sing along to with all your good friends!!!

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