Given name & surname
Harriett
“ruler of the house”
Harriett is a variant of Harriet. In German use, Harriet carries the interpretation “ruler of the house.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Harriett is a variant of Harriet. In German use, Harriet carries the interpretation “ruler of the house.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Harriett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21,626
- 5 boys · 21,621 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 585 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,641 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,641 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 585 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,611 as a first name in 2020; 218 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.
Harriett’s family of names
Harriett has a related form in Harriet. In English usage, Harriett has a conventional equivalent in the German form HENDRIKE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Harriett
- Harriett AbramsEnglish musician, singer, composer1758–1821
- Harriett BaldwinBritish politician (born 1960)
- Harriett BrimsAustralian commercial photographer1864–1939
- Harriett WoodsAmerican politician (1927–2007)
- Harriett LothropAmerican children's writer (pseudonym)1844–1924
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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