Is Harris a girl or boy name?

Harris is a boy's name of British origin. This name is traditionally patronymic, meaning that it translates to “son of Harry”.
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Is Harris a rare name?

For the latest available census data from 2010, Harris ranked as the 25th most common surname in the US with 624,252 entries. Harrison ranked as the 141st most common surname in the US with 181,091 entries.
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Is Houston a unisex name?

Houston Origin and Meaning

The name Houston is both a boy's name and a girl's name meaning "Hugh's town".
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Can Houston be a boy name?

Houston as a boy's name is pronounced HEW-ston. It is of Irish, Gaelic and Old English origin, and the meaning of Houston is "Hugh's town; settlement on the hill".
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What does the name Harris mean biblically?

This family name is a patronymic, derived from a male ancestor's personal name, in some cases of biblical origin. This is an English name meaning "son of Harry" (Henry). Jews with the name Herz, Hirsh, or Aaron (nicknamed Haare or Horre in Yiddish), often adopted this name in English-speaking countries.
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Harris - Boy Baby Name Meaning, Origin and Popularity



How do you spell the boys name Harris?

Harris Origin and Meaning

The name Harris is boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Harry".
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What does the name Harris mean in Islam?

Haris is a first or given mythological Greek name, which means "weird" or in Arabic Haris (Arabic: حارس, romanized: Ḥāris), which means "Guardian angel".
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Can Houston be a girl name?

Houston Origin and Meaning

The name Houston is both a boy's name and a girl's name meaning "Hugh's town". As far as Texas place names go, Houston is more unique than Austin and Dallas and more attractive than Marfa.
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Is Houston a rare name?

Even though Houston covers two huge naming styles popular in the United States today (i.e., Last Names as First Names and Geographical Place Names), the name is still extremely rare. In fact, Houston is dangerously close to falling off the American boy's naming charts any year now.
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What does the name Huston mean?

Huston as a boy's name is of Irish, Gaelic, and Old English origin meaning "Hugh's town or settlement on the hill".
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Is Houston a biblical name?

Houston is baby unisex name mainly popular in Christian religion and its main origin is English. Houston name meanings is Hugh's town.
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How do you pronounce Houston?

Pronunciation
  1. (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n/
  2. (General American) IPA: /ˈ(h)justən/, [ˈhj̊uːstɨn], [j̊uːstɨn]
  3. Audio (GA) 0:01. (file)
  4. (county in Georgia, street in Manhattan, sometimes the surname): IPA: /ˈha͡ʊstən/.
  5. Hyphenation: Hous‧ton.
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What does Dallas mean?

Dallas is a surname of Scottish and English origin, as well as a given name. When of Scottish origin the name is a habitational name, derived from Dallas near Forres. This place-name is likely derived from the British dol "meadow" + gwas "dwelling" (compare Gaelic dail + fas).
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Is Harris a white name?

Race and Ethnic Origin of People with the Last Name Harris

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Harris was: 51.40%, or 320,866 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only". 42.39%, or 264,620 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only".
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What ethnicity is the name Harris?

The origin of the surname Harris is British and Irish. It's the 23rd most common name in England, and the 21st most common in the United States of America. The surname Harris denotes a 'son of Harry/Henry', and originated mostly in the 1300s.
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What is the plural of Harris?

The noun harris is uncountable. The plural form of harris is also harris.
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Is Houston an Irish name?

Houston is a surname of Scottish origin. In the mountains of Scotland's west coast and on the Hebrides islands, the ancestors of the Houston family were born. Clan Houston comes from the medieval Scottish given name Hugh.
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What does Houston mean in space?

"Houston, we have a problem" is a popular but slightly erroneous quotation from the radio communications between the Apollo 13 astronauts Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell and the NASA Mission Control Center ("Houston") during the Apollo 13 spaceflight in 1970, as the astronauts communicated their discovery of the explosion ...
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Who was Houston named after?

City Government - City Hall History. Two brothers, J.K. and A.C. Allen, founded Houston on August 30, 1836 just a few months after the end of the Texas War for Independence. They named the new settlement for the hero of that war, General Sam Houston.
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What is Houston Texas nickname?

There is something inherently cool about a city that isn't just one thing. Our city's many nicknames reflect Houston's connections to climate (the “Bayou City”), culture (“H-town”), industry (“Space City”) — even our openness a decade ago in taking in Hurricane Katrina evacuees (“The Big Heart”). Classy.
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Where does the name Hugh come from?

Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name Hugues, itself the Old French variant of Hugo, a short form of Continental Germanic given names beginning in the element hug- "mind, spirit" (Old English hyġe).
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What's the coolest name for a boy?

200 Coolest Baby Boy Names
  • Aiden.
  • Ethan.
  • Jameson.
  • Wyatt.
  • Jake.
  • Grayson.
  • Thor.
  • Jackson.
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