Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harmon

/hˈɑɹmən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables
har-mon
IPA
/hˈɑɹmən/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As an English surname, by way of Norman/Anglo-Norman/Middle English/Old French from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Herman. Also Americanized from German variants such as Harmann, Hermann. Compare Harman. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon, from Ó hArgadáin (literally “descendant of Argadán”), from a diminutive of airgead (“silver”).

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How do you pronounce harmon?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɑɹmən/.
What does harmon mean?
A surname.
Where does harmon come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce harmon

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