Harsh
Meaning
joy, happiness (an honest heritage meaning that reads as an unrelated English word, worth knowing before use in the US)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Harsh has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
When you meet Harsh
Most people given the name Harsh in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Harsh deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Harsh truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Harsh fits with your family’s names and surname.
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