Harris

An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

  1. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
    • In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library. - 2012...
    • On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” and in a lighthearted moment, explained — as she did during the last presidential election cycle — that in her blended family, her...
    • Her tone shift involved former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton lampooning their fellow ex-president as a figure of ridicule. Then Harris closed the trap with a line in her convention speech: “Trump is an...
  2. A male given name.
  3. A placename:

    1. A township in Lake Timiskaming, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

    2. A village in the Rural Municipality of Harris, Saskatchewan, Canada.

    3. A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.

    4. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana.

    5. A number of places in the United States:

      A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.

    6. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kansas.

    7. A number of places in the United States:

      A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.

    8. A number of places in the United States:

      A minor city in Sullivan County, Missouri.

    9. A number of places in the United States:

      A hamlet in Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.

    10. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

    11. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon.

    12. A number of places in the United States:

      A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.

    13. A number of places in the United States:

      A number of townships, including one each in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Harris Township.

    14. An abandoned settlement in Montserrat, destroyed by volcanic eruptions.

    15. Ellipsis of Harris County.

Origin

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

Forms

Harrises

Related

Harrisburg Harrisburgh Harrison Harry Henry

Derived

Cameltoe Harris County of Harris Harrisburg Harrisburgh Harris County Harris Lake Harris line Harris Mountain Harrison Harris Park Harris platelet syndrome Harris's hawk Harris Township Harrisville Lewis with Harris Mount Harris Mrs. Harris Rural Municipality of Harris Township of Harris

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. The southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, an island in the Outer Hebrides and Western Isles council area, Scotland.

Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse hérað (“hundred (administrative district)”), or from Old Norse hærri (“higher”), referring to the high hills on the island, especially compared to Lewis.

Derived

harris Harris tweed harris tweed Lewis and Harris South Harris