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. Jeffrey Engel:

    FDR did have a right-hand do-it-all hard-jobs man : Harry Hopkins. But Harry Hopkins was a social worker by training, so Harry Hopkins would fit the bill, of a' fixer' if you will, but he was no lawyer.

  2. Emma Bridgewater:

    Royal themed pottery made in Staffordshire can be traced back to the time of Charles II, and we are thrilled to see celebration through pottery continuing in 2018 with Harry and Meghan.

  3. Christopher Andersen:

    William said this is not a racist family – I think he’s right, but I also understand Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and Meghan’s reaction because Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were n’t hearing the truth. What Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were hearing was something that was being stirred up by the people pulling the strings behind the scenes in an Oz-like fashion.

  4. falcon lover xxx:

    harry james like wet men

  5. Rupert Grint:

    I am the biggest "Harry Potter" fan; I even was before I knew there was going to be a film. I read all the books. The fourth one is amazing. It's scary, but I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience. In the third book, I like all the bits about Scabbers being an Animagus. And I like that Ron gets an owl.

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