Harrison
Vanishingly rare in Poland: only about 95 people carry it, and most Poles have never met one. It comes from English as "son of Harry", so the name literally hands down another name.
Harrison Pronunciation
Harrison is pronounced khahr-REE-son (/xarˈrisɔn/).
What Harrison means
Where Harrison comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Harrison began as a surname, a way of marking a family as the son of Harry. Harry itself is the medieval English pet form of Henry, a name of Germanic root that once meant something like home ruler. So the short meaning, son of Harry, sits one step down a longer line. English on the surface, Germanic underneath.
The surname moved into first-name use slowly, and it kept English company along the way. George Harrison played guitar for the Beatles. Harrison Ford put the name on screen. Two American presidents, William Henry Harrison and his grandson Benjamin, carried it as a family name before that.
On a Polish class register, Harrison stands out among the Kacpers and Filips. It has no Polish name-day and no diminutive of its own. What it announces is plain: son of Harry, an English name grown from a Germanic root.
How many people are named Harrison
1 in 224697 men in Poland is named Harrison. 95 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3562 among male names.
Harrison's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Harrison as a middle name
Harrison is a first name for 95 men in Poland and a middle name for another 59, a 62/38 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 957th, between Geoffrey (59) and Maxim (59).
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#955 Gaspar59
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#956 Geoffrey59
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#957 Harrison59
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#958 Maxim59
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#959 Nicolae59