MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Haris mean?
Arabic ḥāris denotes a guard or guardian, matching the spelling حارس. The South Asian form can also represent ḥārith, a cultivator, which has a different final Arabic consonant.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
حارس
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
हारिस
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Haris in Indian usage
189,020 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,641 records (0.9%).
- Recorded as male: 187,379 records (99.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 963 |
| 1940s | 4,029 |
| 1950s | 11,408 |
| 1960s | 24,133 |
| 1970s | 39,992 |
| 1980s | 62,356 |
| 1990s | 45,951 |
| Other decades | 188 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 55,243 |
| Rajasthan | 32,817 |
| Uttarakhand | 29,106 |
| Haryana | 20,566 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 16,514 |
| Punjab | 10,774 |
| Kerala | 10,492 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,713 |
| Bihar | 3,927 |
| Jharkhand | 3,060 |
| Chandigarh | 934 |
| Maharashtra | 410 |
| Odisha | 148 |
| Tripura | 104 |
| Other states | 212 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Haris / M | 125 | 340 |
| Scotland | Haris / M | 13 | 278 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wiktionary): Haris ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Haris; Table_6, C346 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Haris; Table_6, C346
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Haris; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Haris; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Wiktionary: حارس ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.