Given name & surname

Hare

“resembling a rabbit”

Hare is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling a rabbit.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One English interpretation is “resembling a rabbit.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is English.

How it developed

From Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hare’s family of names

In Māori usage, Hare has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Carlos. In Māori usage, Hare has a conventional equivalent in the German form Karl. In Māori usage, Hare has a conventional equivalent in the English form Harry.

Walk Hare’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Hare

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Hare, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Swedish

Harri

“the ruler of an army” · “home”

No U.S. birth series

91% boys · 9% girls

English

Hanalē

Hanalē is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Hawaiian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

English

Harijs

Harijs is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Latvian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

English

Hampden

“from the home in the valley”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

English

Hamill

“one who is scarred”

No U.S. birth series

80% boys · 20% girls

English

Hampton

“from the home town”

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85% boys · 15% girls

English

Hōri

Hōri is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Māori.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

English

Warfe

Warfe is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Cebuano.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Hare’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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