Harrie
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- HA-ree
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Harrie is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Harrie mean?
Germanic: spelling of Harry; medieval English form of Henry
“home ruler”
In Shakespeare's Henry V, the king rallies his troops with the cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
Meaning borrowed from Harry. More on Wiktionary.
Is Harrie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Harrie has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK.
How popular is Harrie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Harrie, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Harrie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 2,088 boys in the UK were given Harrie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #21, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
In 2021, 33% of the babies named Harrie in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Harrie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
Nicknames for Harrie
- Hal 3 boys in the UK in 2025
- Haz
Names like Harrie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlie, Archie, Hughie, Ollie, William, Bertie, Lewis, Henry, Freddie, Louie, Harvey, Otis
Other spellings of Harrie
Names related to Harrie
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Emma, Ella, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery, Reggie, Ada
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harrie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harrie, updated 20 October 2026.