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Harold

Pronounced /ˈhæɹəld/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1927 · #725
Origin
Old English
Also recorded for boys:227 in 2024 (#990)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Harold in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1927 with 99 babies, ranked #725.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1893.
  • 2,648 girls have been named Harold since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Harold per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,032 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 792 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 420 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 268 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 89 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From a merger of Old English Hereweald and Old English Harold (itself from Old Norse Haraldr), both from Proto-Germanic *Harjawaldaz, from *harjaz (“army”) +‎ *waldaz (“ruler, authority”). Related to Walter, which has the elements reversed. Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish Harald, Faroese and Icelandic Haraldur. ==== Proper noun ==== Harold (plural Harolds) A male given name from Old English or Old Norse. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Hereward Harvard

  • A male given name from Old English or Old Norse.
Origin
Old English
Say it
/ˈhæɹəld/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Harold, CC BY-SA 4.0.