Given name & surname
Haran
“mountainous”·“mountaineer”
Haran is a surname from Irish.
Original Hebrewהרן
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Haran means “mountainous” or “mountaineer.”
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew noun har (הר), “hill or mountain.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Haran appears in Genesis 11:26.
- Genesis 11:26
- Genesis 11:31
- Acts 7:2
- Acts 7:4
From biblical name research
Haran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 32 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 175 as a first name in 2020; 961 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Haran’s family of names
Haran has a feminine form in Harana. In English usage, Haran as a surname has a related form in HAREN. In English usage, Haran as a surname has a related form in HANRAHAN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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