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Meaning & Origins
Pet form of Henry. This was the usual English form of Henry in the Middle Ages and later. It was used by Shakespeare, for example, as the familiar name of the mature King Henry V (compare Hal). Since the publication of the first of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter titles (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) in 1997, Harry has become extremely popular as an independent given name. A meaning of the name Harry is Army Ruler.
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English: topographic name or metonymic occupational name for someone who lived by or worked at a barn or barns, from Middle English barn ‘barn’, ‘granary’. In some cases, it may be a habitational name from Barnes (on the Surrey bank of the Thames in London), which was named in Old English with this word.
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Nicknames & variations
Harri, Harrie, Harro, Harr, Harrey, Harrry, Harra, Harre, Harrah, Harrow
Barnett, Burns, Barnard, Barnhart, Barney, Barnhill, Barnette, Barnum, Barner, Barnwell
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