Hari
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Hari is a Hindu name meaning “tawny,” associated with the sun god and borne by a seventeenth-century Sikh guru. Another book gives Hari the Hindi meaning “princely.”
Sources: Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Hari in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Hari against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Hari is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Hari in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 23 boys were named Hari, making it the #4396 boys' name in the US. Since 1968, 871 boys have been named Hari, with the most (37) in 2024. It is most common, relative to births, in New York.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| England and Wales | #668 boys | 54 | Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025 |
| Switzerland (French-speaking region / Romandy) | #704 boys | 2 | Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS/OFS), 2025 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Hari
There are 223 towns and villages with Hari in their name, in 20 countries.
🇮🇳 India 111🇵🇰 Pakistan 37🇰🇷 South Korea 18🇨🇳 China 15🇧🇩 Bangladesh 10🇮🇷 Iran 5🇰🇵 North Korea 4🇲🇦 Morocco 3
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Ain Hari | Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Al Hari | Abyan Governorate, 🇾🇪 Yemen | – | Map |
| Banah Hāri | Rangpur Division, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | – | Map |
| Bishunpur Hari | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Bāmni Hāri | Rajshahi Division, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | – | Map |
| Chak Hari | Rajshahi Division, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | – | Map |
| Fazalpur Hari | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Garhi Hari | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Gayānipur Hari | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Gazān Ḩarī | Kerman, 🇮🇷 Iran | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Hari
There are 5 lakes and reservoirs with Hari in their name, in 2 countries.
🇮🇳 India 4🇰🇷 South Korea 1
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| Hari Tāl | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | Map |
| Hari Tāl | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | Map |
| Hari Tāl | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | Map |
| Hari-soryuji | Gyeongsangbuk-do, 🇰🇷 South Korea | Map |
| Hari Kinnigana Kere | Karnataka, 🇮🇳 India | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Hari songs
19 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Hari in their title. The best known:
- Mata Hari – Samira Efendi (2021)
- Mata Hari – Frode Thingnæs (1976)
- Hari Tuma Haro
- Hari's on Tour – George Harrison (1974)
- Hari Kemenangan – Siti Nurhaliza (2016)
- Hari Lebaran – Suyoso Karsono (1954)
- Hari Up Hari – Adrian Sherwood (2003)
- Gopal Gobindo Hari – Manna Dey (1999)
- Hari Bahagia (1972)
- Hari Bol Hari Bol – Kishore Kumar (1981)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Fictional characters named Hari
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Hari as a pet name
FurryName has found 7 dogs named Hari in public pet registers, making it the #11,832 dog name there. Most of them are registered in New York City (5), Vancouver (1), Allegheny County (1). Hari as a dog name →
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