English
Harriet
Harriet comes from French Henri ‘Henry’, and goes back to Latin Henrīcus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHenrīcus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Henri
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘Henry’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentHenriettefeminine form of Henri
- Englishearliest quotation 1833Harriet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHenrīcus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Henri
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘Henry’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentHenriettefeminine form of Henri
- Englishearliest quotation 1833Harriet
Earliest quotation: 1833, Leigh Hunt, A Year of Honey-Moons: “Harriet, by the way, is a very sprightly name.…”
The story
Anglicized form of French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (‘Henry’), popular in England in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Every English word from Latin Henrīcus
Today it means
name A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Henrīcus / Harriet