Harriett
A girls’ name of Old German origin, meaning estate ruler; a form of Harriet.
Harriett by the numbers
In 2025, 37 babies in England and Wales were named Harriett. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 585 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Harriet
Like Harriett, each of these traces back to Harriet: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Hattieestate ruler; diminutive of Harriet325 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hattie-Maeestate ruler; form of Harriet with Mae5 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Harriett. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Harrietruler of the home757 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harrietteestate ruler; a form of Harriet16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henriettaestate ruler; feminine form of Henry83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henrietteestate ruler; feminine form of Henry5 in the US (2017)
- Harpreetbeloved of hari or god; beloved combined3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harsirat5 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Harriett, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
- Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Harriett
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