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Harris

/ˈhæɹɪs/ · name

Meaning

  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. A placename:
  3. A township in Lake Timiskaming, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A village in the Rural Municipality of Harris, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. The southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, an island in the Outer Hebrides and Western Isles council area, Scotland.
  6. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
  7. An unincorporated community in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana.
  8. A male given name.
  9. A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Etymology / origin

From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri.

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