The meaning of the name Harrison is ‘son of Harry’ or ‘son of Henry’. It is composed of two English words ‘Harry’ meaning ‘home ruler’ and ‘son’ meaning the male offspring of a parent.
Harrison is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Harrison isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Harrison ranks 123. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 18 were named Harrison. In the entire USA, approximately 82,871 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Harrison. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
The meaning of the name Harrison is ‘son of Harry’ or ‘son of Henry’. It is composed of two English words ‘Harry’ meaning ‘home ruler’ and ‘son’ meaning the male offspring of a parent.
Patronymic' is what... names like Harrison are called. It means the name or parts of the name are derived from the name of a male ancestor.
Harrison Ford (*1942)
Ford is one of the most commercially successful actors in film history. He has played iconic roles such as Han Solo in five movies of the »Star Wars« series as well as the archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones. In 1986 he got an Acadamy Award nomination for his role in »Witness«. Ford is honourd with several accolades, including the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and an Honorary Palme d'Or.
Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes (*1992)
The US-American basketball player has been under contract with the Sacramento Kings in the NBA since 2019. Before that, he played for the Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks. Being 2.03 metres in hight, Barnes is able to play both forward positions.
George Harrison, MBE (1943-2001)
The british musician became known as the lead guitarist and singer of the band »The Beatles«. He was often referred to as the »silent Beatle« or the »third Beatle«, as he stood in the shadow of John Lennon and Paul McCartney for a long time. With more than 600 million - according to estimates by their record company EMI even more than a billion - records sold, »The Beatles« are the most successful band in music history.
Harrison Brian Burton (*2000)
Harrison is a professional stock car racing driver and son of former NASCAR driver Jeff Burton. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series where he is driving the No. 21 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Wood Brothers Racing.
When you hear the name Harrison, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Harrison? Are you also called Harrison? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
»Mount Harrison« is a mountain in the Seychelles. It is between 662 m - 688 m high and located on the main island of Mahé.
There are cities called »Harrison« in many US states including Arkansas, Idaho, Michigan and Ohio.
is a cliff-lined headland on the north coast of South Georgia.
There is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt that is called »4149 Harrison«.
is a glacier in the »Glacier National Park« of Montana, USA. It's also the name of a glacier on the Clarie Coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland.
With about 250 square kilometres, the »Harrison Lake«, is the largest lake in the southern Coast Mountains of Canada.
Appearing throughout the time in the United States, the name Harrison is a staple in the country: Boys have been given the name Harrison for more than 140 years, according to official U.S. naming statistics. Therefore, Harrison is one of the 442 boys' names, that have been given to newborn sons every year since 1880. Even beyond that, Harrison is a very special name that peaked in popularity over 100 years ago in the 19th century, ranking in the top 100 boys' names in our SmartGenius first name statistics: Placed at #51 Harrison has never been more popular than back in 1888.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Harrison was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
As many as 2,921 babies were named Harrison in the USA in 2022, ranking it #128 on the list of the most popular boys' names for that year. However, it experienced its lowest point of popularity in 1977, when it was only ranked at #871 of all male names in our SmartGenius statistics - back then 79 boys were named Harrison.
Everyone knows him, everyone loves him and still he’s different from the mainstream: Harrison occurs in every single state of the U.S. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, only 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Harrison is definitely something very special. However, at the same time, since the name does not appear in the top 100 most common first names in any single state, Harrison is not one of those names that everyone encounters in his neighbourhood, but stands out from the crowd, captures attention and is something special without being strange or unknown. From Alaska to Florida, a total of 82,865 men and boys of all generations bear the name Harrison – that is one in 2,014. However, there are considerable regional differences – the name is far more popular than average in Georgia, where one in 400 men and boys is called Harrison, while it is particularly rare in Wyoming, where you have to ask an average of 8,646 men for their name to get Harrison as an answer once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter H is not particularly common as a first letter for boys' names: only 2.9% of all common boys' names in the US begin with an H. The most common first letters for boys' names are J and A, while X and U are the least common first letters of boys' names.
With eight letters, the name Harrison is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
This means that if 2.9% of all boys' names begin with an H, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are of course some names that begin with H and are extremely popular, for example Henry, currently the most common boys’ name with H.
If your name is Harrison and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Harrison, you can simply say:
Hat
Apple
Rocket
Rocket
Igloo
Sun
Orange
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Harrison
Harrison
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Harrison sounds like this:
