Haris
Fewer than 70 men in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one. From Greek, the name means guardian or protector.
Haris Pronunciation
Haris is pronounced KHAH-rees (/ˈxaris/).
What Haris means
Where Haris comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Haris begins in Greek, where its root touches the old word Charis, meaning grace. The name found a second home in Arabic, where Haris names the guardian, the one who keeps watch. That second sense is what most people mean by it today: guardian, protector.
The Arabic word ḥāris still means guard in ordinary speech, so the name and the job share a sound. A boy called Haris carries a word that also stands over a door or a gate. In Poland the name reads as short and firm. It sits easily on a class register and calls cleanly across a schoolyard.
Haris has no Polish diminutive of its own. The name stays whole. On an official form at the urząd it fits in one clean line, and the meaning holds: strażnik, obrońca, the one who protects.
How many people are named Haris
1 in 313915 men in Poland is named Haris. 68 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4393 among male names.
Haris's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Haris as a middle name
Haris is a first name for 68 men in Poland and a middle name for another 18, a 79/21 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2132nd, between Hannes (18) and Hưng (18).
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#2130 Hameed18
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#2131 Hannes18
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#2132 Haris18
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#2133 Hưng18
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#2134 Innocent18