Home>Name Popularity>First Names>H>Haroi-Harou>Harold in the US

Harold

in the US

There are 349,234 people with the first name "Harold" in the United States.

Add to web page

Ranking in the US

NameRank
Harold 117
close
  1. is 113th most common Kathy
  2. is 114th most common Denise
  3. is 115th most common Janice
  4. is 116th most common Juan
  5. is 117th most common Harold
  6. is 118th most common Wayne
  7. is 119th most common Theresa
  8. is 120th most common Gloria
  9. is 121st most common Lawrence

Similar Names and Nicknames

Haroldo, Harols, Harolda, Harolde, Harolds, Haroldw, Harolod, Haroldd, Haroldy, Harolk

Most Common Last Names for Harold

Smith, Johnson, Brown, Jones, Williams, Miller, Davis, Wilson, Anderson, Thompson

Meaning & History

(male) From an Old English personal name derived from here ‘army’ + weald ‘ruler’. In pre-Conquest England, this was reinforced by the related Old Norse name Haraldr, introduced by Scandinavian settlers. The name was not at all popular in England after the Conquest, probably because of its association with the unfortunate King Harold, killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It was used in some parts of Nottinghamshire in the 16th and 17th centuries, and revived more generally, along with a number of other Old English names, in the 19th century, when it suddenly became extremely popular.

Recent Searches for "Harold" in the US

Since June 2009
105,450

Most Popular Search

Harold Smith (995 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages.

© 2009 WhitePages Inc. - Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Microsoft MapPoint Terms of Use and Privacy Statement