The story
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*hari“army”
- English todayHarman
* As an English surname, from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Hermann. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Haar, from the German noun Haar (“hair”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Harmann, Hermann, Herrmann. Compare Harmon.
Words from the same roots
Proto-West Germanic*hari all →
Harmon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.