Given name & surname · also English
Harbour
Harbour is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Harbour is a form of Arbour. As a French surname, it comes from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Harbour through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 24 boys · 118 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,396 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,396 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,892 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.
Harbour’s family of names
In English usage, Harbour as a surname has a related form in ARBER. In English usage, Harbour as a surname has a related form in ARBER. In English usage, Harbour as a surname has a related form in ARBOUR.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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