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حَارِث
Haris
HAA-rith
“Cultivator, plower.”
About Haris
Haris is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "cultivator, plower" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root ح-ر-ث meaning 'to cultivate, to plow'. Borne by several early companions.
Common across Bosnian and Arab families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Harith
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Haris is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Haris
- What does the name Haris mean?
- Haris (حَارِث) means "Cultivator, plower". From the Arabic root ح-ر-ث meaning 'to cultivate, to plow'. Borne by several early companions.
- Is Haris a name from the Qur'an?
- Haris does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Haris a boy or a girl name?
- Haris is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Haris come from?
- Haris is an Arabic name, built on the root letters Ḥ-R-Th. Common across Bosnian and Arab families.
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