harriet
/ˈhæɹiɛt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Example Sentences
- "Harriet, by the way, is a very sprightly name. It is the female of Harry, and is identified in my imagination with I know not what of the power of being lively and saucy, without committing the sweetness of womanhood."
- "I found myself wanting to explain it to her, this middle-aged woman with the kind of haircut you call a hairdo, which needed to be set in rollers every night, who had a name like Agnes or Harriet, a name that even predated my mother's generation."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French