Given name & surname
Harcourt
“from the fortified farm”
Harcourt is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “from the fortified farm.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “from the fortified farm.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Harcourt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 6 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 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,113 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.
Harcourt’s family of names
Harcourt has a related form in Harcort. Harcourt has a related form in Harcorte. Harcourt has a related form in Harcourte.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Harcourt
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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