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Harrison-James

Gender
Boy
Say it
HA-ri-son-JAYMZ
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys

Harrison-James is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Harry + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).

What does Harrison-James mean?

English: Harrison + James

“son of Harry + heel-holder, supplanter”

Joins Harrison (English, “son of Harry”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).

Meanings borrowed from Harrison and James.

Is Harrison-James a girl's or a boy's name?

Harrison-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Harrison-James in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,301st among boys
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 61% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Harrison-James, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 boys.

Half of all the boys named Harrison-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2011Busiest: 8 in 20222025
Harrison-James in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20240–
20233#5,193
20228#2,678
20214#4,188
20207#2,819
20195#3,597
20186#3,162
20176#3,191
20164#4,214
20156#3,149
20144#4,063
20134#4,008
20120–
20115#3,446

Names like Harrison-James

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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, “Harrison-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harrison-james, updated 20 October 2026.