Harriet is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. The name is an English version of the French '' Henriette'', a female form of '' Henri''. The male name Harry was formed in a similar way from

Henry Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainmen ...

. All these names are derived from ''

Henrik Henrik is a male given name of Germanic origin, primarily used in Scandinavia, Finland, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia. In Poland, the name is spelt Henryk but pronounced similarly. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Heiki (Estoni ...

'', which is ultimately derived from the Germanic name ''Heimiric'', derived from the word elements ''heim'', or "

home A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or more human occupants, and sometimes various companion animals. Homes provide sheltered spaces, for instance rooms, where domestic activity can be p ...

" and ''ric'', meaning "power, ruler". The male name Henry was first used in

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Normans The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; ; ) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia. The Norse settlements in West Franc ...

. Popular

nickname A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used to express affection, playfulness, contempt, or a particular character trait ...

s for Harriet or Harriett include Hallie, Hattie, Hatty, Hetty, Hettie, Hennie, Harolda, Harry, Harri, Harrie, and Etta or Ettie. The name can be lengthened to Harrietta, Henriette, or Henrietta. The name was the 73rd most popular name for baby girls born in

and

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

in 2007. It last ranked in the top 1,000 most popular names for girls in the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

in the 1960s.

Variants

*Drika ( Dutch) *Endika (

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

) *Enrica, Enrichetta, Errichetta (

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

) *Enriqueta (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

) *Etta ( English) *Etti (English) *Ettie (English) *Etty (English) *Haliaka ( Hawaiian) *Halle (English) *Hallie (English) *Hani (Australian) *Hariala (Hawaiian) *Hariata (Hawaiian) *Harrieta (English) *Harriet (English) *Harriët (Dutch) *Harriett (English) *Harrietta (English) *Harriette (English) *Harriot (English) *Harriott (English) *Hat (English) *Hatsy (English) *Hatt (English/ Scots) *Hatti (English) * Hattie (English) *Hatty (English) *Hazza (English) *Heike (Dutch, Frisian,

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

) *Heinrike (German) *Heintje (Dutch) *Hendrika (Dutch) *Hendrikje (Dutch) *Henka ( Polish) *Henna ( Finnish) *Hennie (Dutch, English) *Henny (Dutch, English) *Henrieta (Polish) *Henrietta (English, Hungarian) *Henriette ( Danish, Dutch, French, German, Norwegian) *Henriikka (Finnish) *Henrika ( Swedish) *Henrike (German, Scandinavian) *Henriqueta ( Portuguese) *Henryka (Polish) *Hetta (English) *Hetti (English) *Hettie (English) *

Hetty Hetty or Hettie is a female first name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Henrietta. Hetty may refer to: People * Hetty Balkenende (born 1939), Dutch former freestyle and synchronized swimmer * Hettie Vyrine Barnhill, (born 1984), Amer ...

(English) *Jetje (Dutch) *Jindřiška (

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

) *Έρρικα (Errica, Errika) (

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

) *Riette (English) *Rika (Dutch, Swedish) *Rike (German) *Riikka (Finnish) *Yetta (English) *Yettie (English) *Harrie (English) *Hari (English)

As a given name

Harriet Adams Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (December 12, 1892 – March 27, 1982) was an American juvenile book packager, children's novelist, and publisher who was responsible for some 200 books over her literary career. She wrote the plot outlines for many book ...

(1892–1982), American juvenile novelist *

Harriet Chalmers Adams Harriet Chalmers Adams (October 22, 1875 – July 17, 1937) was an American explorer, writer and photographer. She traveled extensively in South America, Asia and the Oceania, South Pacific in the early 20th century, and published accounts of her ...

(1875-1937), American writer, explorer and photographer * Harriet Ryan Albee (1829-1873), American social reformer and philanthropist *

Harriet Andersson Harriet Andersson (born 14 February 1932) is a Swedish actress, best known outside Sweden for being part of director Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She often plays impulsive, working class characters. Film actress Harriet Andersson began her ...

(born 1937), Swedish actress * Harriet Anena, Ugandan writer and performer * Harriet Arbuthnot (1793–1834), English diarist, social observer, and political hostess * Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey (1819-1901), American educator, author, editor, publisher * Harriet Pritchard Arnold (1858-1901), American author * Harriet Auber (1773–1862), English poet, hymnwriter *

Harriet Hubbard Ayer Harriet Hubbard Ayer (June 27, 1849, Chicago, Illinois – November 25, 1903, New York City) was an American cosmetics entrepreneur and journalist during the second half of the nineteenth century. Biography Harriet Hubbard Ayer was a Chicago soci ...

(1849–1903), American cosmetics entrepreneur and journalist *

Harriet Backer Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed ...

(1845-1932), Norwegian painter *

Harriett Baldwin Dame Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin (; born 2 May 1960), is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for West Worcestershire since 2010 Un ...

(born 1960), British politician * Harriett Ball (1941-2011), American educator who inspired the KIPP program * Harriet Bates (1856-1886), American novelist, poet * Harriet Bibby (born 1998), English actress * Harriet Blackstone (1864–1939), American artist * Harriet Bland (1915-1991), American sprinter *

Harriet Bosse Harriet Sofie Bosse (19 February 1878 – 2 November 1961) was a Swedish–Norwegian actress. A celebrity in her day, Bosse is now most commonly remembered as the third wife of the playwright August Strindberg. Bosse began her career in a min ...

(1878–1961), Swedish-Norwegian actress * Harriet Boyd-Hawes (1871–1945), American archaeologist * Harriet G. Brittan (1822–1897), British-born American missionary * Harriet Brooks (1876–1933), Canadian nuclear physicist * Harriet Browne (1798–1858), British music composer * Harriet Browne (1932–1997), American tap dancer, educator and choreographer * Harriet Louisa Browne (1829–1906), New Zealand political salon hostess, community leader, and writer * Harriet Bruce-Annan (born 1965), Ghanaian programmer and humanitarian * Harriet Starr Cannon (1823–1896), American nun who founded the Sisterhood of St. Mary * Harriet Frances Carpenter (1868/75 – 1956), American educator, writer, suffragist * Harriet Carr (1771–1848), British artist * Harriet E. Clark (1850-1945), American teacher and author * Harriet Ludlow Clarke (died 1866), British artist * Harriet Sophia Cobb (1846–1929), New Zealand photographer * Harriet Redfield Cobb (1866–1958), American mathematics educator * Harriet Abbott Lincoln Coolidge (1849-1902), American author, philanthropist, reformer * Harriet L. Cramer (1847-1922), American newspaper publisher *

Harriet Dart Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 59, on 14 October 2024. She reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon Ch ...

(born 1996), British tennis player * Harriet Ball Dunlap (1867-1957), American social reformer * Harriet Dyer (born 1988), Australian actress * Harriet Elphinstone-Dick (1852–1902), English-Australian swimmer * Harriet Farley (1812–1907), American writer, abolitionist, journalist, editor * Harriet Ford (1863/8–1949), American actress, playwright * Harriet Mary Ford (1859–1938), Canadian artist * Harriet Bliss Ford (1876–1964), American writer * Harriet Putnam Fowler (1842–1901), American writer * Harriet Schneider French (1824–1906), American physician and temperance movement activist * Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980), American sculptor * Harriet E. Garrison (1848–1930), American physician, writer *

Harriet Newell Kneeland Goff Harriet Newell Kneeland Goff (, Kneeland; pen name, H. N. K. Goff; October 10, 1828 - April 10, 1901) was an American temperance reformer and author. For many years, she was a contributor to the public press, and three books followed, ''Was it an ...

(1828-1901), American author, temperance reformer * Harriet Green (born 1961), British businesswoman *

Harriet Grote Harriet Grote (born Harriet Lewin; 1792–1878) was an English biographer, political strategist, patron and early supporter of women's suffrage. She was married to George Grote and was acquainted with many of the English philosophical radicals o ...

(1792–1878), English biographer, political strategist, and supporter of women's suffrage *

Harriet Hageman Harriet Maxine Hageman (born October 18, 1962) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district since 2023. She is a member of the Republican Party. A Wyoming native, Hage ...

(born 1962), American politician and attorney *

Harriet Hall Harriet A. Hall (July 2, 1945 – January 11, 2023) was an American family medicine, family physician, U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, author, Science communication, science communicator, and scientific skepticism, skeptic. She wrote about alterna ...

(1945–2023), American medical doctor and skeptic * Harriet Louise Hardy (1905–1993), American physician and professor *

Harriet Harman Harriet Ruth Harman, Baroness Harman, (born 30 July 1950), is a British politician and solicitor who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Chair of the Labour Party (UK), Chair of the Labour Pa ...

(born 1950), British politician and life peer * Harriet Newell Haskell (1835-1907), American educator and administrator * Harriet Boyd Hawes (1871–1945), American archaeologist, nurse, relief worker, and professor * Harriet Bell Hayden (1816–1893), African-American antislavery activist *

Harriet Hemings Harriet Hemings (May 1801 – after 1822) was born into slavery at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, in the first year of his presidency. Most historians believe her father was Jefferson, who is now b ...

(1801–1870), one of four mixed-race children born to

Sally Hemings Sarah "Sally" Hemings ( 1773 – 1835) was a Black people, black woman Slavery in the United States, enslaved to the third President of the United States Thomas Jefferson, inherited among many others from his father-in-law, John Wayles. Hemi ...

* Harriet Hosmer (1830–1908), American sculptor * Harriet Howard (1823–1865), mistress of

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...

* Harriet Hunt (born 1978), English chess player * Harriet Lane Huntress (1860-1922), American civil servant * Harriet S. Iglehart (1927–2021), American philanthropist *

Harriet Jacobs Harriet Jacobs (1813 or 1815 – March 7, 1897) was an African-American Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist and writer whose autobiography, ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'', published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Bre ...

(1813–1897), American abolitionist and writer * Harriet Johnson, multiple people * Harriet Jones (musician) (born 1993), British singer * Harriet B. Jones (1856–1943), American physician and politician * Harriet B. Kells (1842–1913), American educator, activist, suffragist, feminist, editor * Harriet Keopuolani (1778–1823), Hawaiian queen * Harriet Byron McAllister (1798–1888), American philanthropist * Harriet McEwen Kimball (1834–1917), American poet, hymnwriter, philanthropist, hospital co-founder * Harriet Kemsley (born 1987), English comedian. * Harriet Kerr (1859–1940) – British suffragette and manager of the

Women's Social and Political Union The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom founded in 1903. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership and p ...

(WSPU)'s headquarters * Harriet Knowles (fl. 1845), Australian actress * Harriet Burton Laidlaw (1873–1949), American social reformer and suffragist *

Harriet Lane Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903) acted as first lady of the United States during the administration of her uncle, lifelong bachelor president James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. She has been described as the first o ...

(1830–1903), First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861 * Harriet Nisbet Latta (1853–1910), American civic leader * Harriet Law (1831–1897), British

freethinker Freethought (sometimes spelled free thought) is an unorthodox attitude or belief. A freethinker holds that beliefs should not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma, and should instead be reached by other meth ...

* Harriet Lerner (born 1944), American feminist and clinical psychologist * Harriet Leve, American theater and movie producer * Harriet Lindeman (born 1946), Finnish politician * Harriet Livingston Fulton (1783–1826), Colonial aristocrat and painter * Harriet Low (1809–1877), American diarist * Harriet MacGibbon (1905–1987), American actress * Hattie Mahood (1860–1940), British Baptist deacon and women's suffragist * Harriet McClintock Marshall (1840–1925), American conductor on the

Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was an organized network of secret routes and safe houses used by freedom seekers to escape to the abolitionist Northern United States and Eastern Canada. Enslaved Africans and African Americans escaped from slavery ...

* Harriet Gibbs Marshall (1868–1941), African-American musician, writer, and educator *

Harriet Martineau Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist.Hill, Michael R. (2002''Harriet Martineau: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives'' Routledge. She wrote from a sociological, holism, holistic, religious and ...

(1802–1876), English writer, feminist philosopher, and political economist *

Harriet McDougal Harriet Popham McDougal Rigney (born August 4, 1939) is an American editor. McDougal is most known for her work on several best-selling fantasy and science fiction books and series, including ''The Wheel of Time'' (written by her husband Robert Jo ...

(born 1939), American writer and editor * Harriet Metcalf (born 1958), American rower *

Harriet Miers Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945) is an American lawyer who served as White House counsel to President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party since 1988, she previously served as White House staff secretary ...

(born 1945), American lawyer and politician * Harriet Taylor Mill (1807–1858), English philosopher and women's rights advocate * Harriet Mann Miller (1831–1918), American author, naturalist, ornithologist *

Harriet Cornelia Mills Harriet Cornelia Mills (2 April 1920 – 5 March 2016) was a scholar and professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1990. In 1951, she was arrested by the government of the People's Republic of China an ...

(1920–2016), Japanese Chinese scholar *

Harriet May Mills Harriet May Mills (August 9, 1857 – May 16, 1935) was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement. Life Mills was born on August 9, 1857, in Syracuse, New York, the daughter o ...

(1857–1935), American politician *

Harriet Monroe Harriet Monroe (December 23, 1860 – September 26, 1936) was an American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet, and patron of the arts. She was the founding publisher and long-time editor of ''Poetry'' magazine, which she established in 1912 ...

(1860–1936), American poet and editor * Harriet Earhart Monroe (1842–1927), American lecturer, educator, writer, and theater producer * Harriet Morgan (1830–1907) Australian artist * Harriet Anderson Stubbs Murphy (1853–1935), British-American artist * Harriet Mitchell Murphy (1927–2024), African-American judge * Harriet Nahanee (1935–2007), Canadian Aboriginal rights activist * Harriet Nahienaena (1815–1836), Hawaiian princess * Harriet Ndow (1926–2019), Gambian educator * Harriet Nelson (1909–1994), American singer and actress * Harriet Hayes Skinner (1817–1893), American writer and editor *

Harriet Wright O'Leary Harriet Wright O'Leary (December 7, 1916 – December 22, 1999) was an American teacher and politician. She was the first woman to serve on the tribal council of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the first woman to vie for the position as Princ ...

(1916-1999), American teacher and politician * Harriet Owen (born 1993), British cyclist * Harriet Pilpel (1911–1991), American attorney and women's rights activist * Harriet Powers (1837–1910), American female folk artist and quilter *

Harriet Barnes Pratt Harriet Barnes Pratt (November 11, 1878 – 1969) was an American philanthropist, collector of Americana, non-profit administrator and horticulturist. Early years Harriet Lycinthia Barnes was born on November 11, 1878, in Rockford, Illin ...

(1878– 1969), American philanthropist, collector, administrator and horticulturist * Harriet Augusta Prunk (1840-1911) American reader, educator, school principal * Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), American abolitionist *

Harriet Quimby Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly solo a ...

(1875-1912), American aviation pioneer * Harriet Newell Ralston (1828-1920), American poet * Harriet Redmond (c.1862–1952), African-American suffragist * Harriet Roberts, stage name Harriet (born 1966), British dance pop singer * Harriët van Reek (born 1957), Dutch writer and illustrator * Harriet Richardson (1874–1958), American carcinologist * Harriet Hanson Robinson (1825–1911), American suffragist * Harriet A. Roche (1835–1921), Canadian author * Harriet Samuel (1836–1908), English businesswoman and founder the jewelry retailer H. Samuel *

Harriet Sansom Harris Harriet Sansom Harris (born January 8, 1955) is an American actress known for her theater performances and for her portrayals of Bebe Glazer on ''Frasier'' and Felicia Tilman on ''Desperate Housewives''. Harris won a Tony Award in 2002 as a Fe ...

(born 1955), American actress *

Harriet Schock Harriet Schock (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer and songwriter. She made three albums for a major label in the 1970s, scoring gold and platinum awards for her Grammy-nominated " Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady". She later moved into t ...

(born 1941), American singer * Harriet Scott (born 1972), English radio presenter * Harriet Scott (born 1993), Irish footballer * Harriet Anne Scott (1819–1894), English novelist * Harriet Robinson Scott (c. 1820–1876), African American abolitionist and wife of

Dred Scott Dred Scott ( – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the '' Dred Scott v. Sandford'' case ...

* Harriet Smithson (1800–1854), Irish actress and first wife of Berlioz * Harriet Mabel Spalding (1862–1935), American poet, litterateur * Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), American writer * Harriet Staunton (1841–1877), British murder victim * Harriet Bradford Tiffany Stewart (1798–1830), American missionary *

Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and wrote the popular novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (185 ...

(1811–1896), American abolitionist and writer * Harriet Almaria Baker Suddoth, American writer * Harriet Anne Thiselton-Dyer (1854–1945), British botanical illustrator * Harriet Alfarata Thompson (1871–1922), American author * Harriet Thorpe (born 1957), English actress * Harriet Toompere (born 1975), Estonian actress * Harriet Tracy (1834–1918), American inventor *

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, us ...

(1822–1913), American abolitionist * Harriet Taylor Upton (1853–1945), American suffragette and author * Harriet Vittum (1872–1953), American social reformer *

Harriet Walter Dame Harriet Mary Walter is an English actress. She has received an Olivier Award and nominations for a Tony Award, five Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, Walter was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British E ...

, English actress *

Harriet Merrick Warren Harriet Merrick Warren (September 15, 1843 – January 7, 1893) was an American editor. She was also an untiring worker in the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, its first recording secretary, and for years, president of the New England Branch. ...

(1843–1893), American editor * Harriet Shaw Weaver (1876–1961), Political activist, magazine editor, literary executor of James Joyce * Harriet Wheeler (born 1963), English rock singer * Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), African-American novelist * Harriet Wistrich (born 1960), British lawyer and radical feminist * Harriet Zinnes (1919–2019), American writer * Harriet Sohmers Zwerling (1928–2019), American writer

Animals

Harriet (tortoise) Harriet (formerly Harry; – 23 June 2006) was a Galápagos tortoise (''Chelonoidis niger'', specifically a western Santa Cruz tortoise ''C. n. porteri'') who had an estimated age of 175 years at the time of her death in Australia. At the tim ...

, a Galápagos tortoise which had an estimated age of 175 years at the time of her death

As a surname

Fulchran-Jean Harriet Fulchran-Jean Harriet (1776 – 9 September 1805) was a French Academic art, academic painter. Life He was born in Paris. A student of Jacques-Louis David, David, he won the Prix de Rome in 1793 with ''Brutus, killed in battle, is brought back t ...

, French painter

Fictional Characters

* Mad Harriet, a

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

super villain * Harriet, is a boss and a member of the Broodals in Super Mario Odyssey * Harriet Arkham, daughter of the founder of

Arkham Asylum Arkham Asylum () is a fictional psychiatric hospital appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in stories featuring Batman. It first appeared in ''Batman'' #258 (October 1974), written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Irv N ...

in ''Batman'' comic books * Harriet Brindle, a character from the American science fiction sitcom, '' Small Wonder'' * Harriet Cleve Dufresnes, main character in novel by the American author Donna Tartt, '' The Little Friend'' * Aunt Harriet Cooper, a character within the

DC Universe The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. In context, the term "DC Universe" usually refers to the main DC Continuity (fiction), continuity. It contains v ...

* Harriet Garth, a character in

Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1860), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for ''The Moonsto ...

's ''No Name'' * Harriet Hyde, Julia Jekyll's alter-ego in '' Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde'' * Harriet Jones, British Prime Minister in ''Doctor Who'' * Harriet Kepner-Avery, daughter of April Kepner and Jackson Avery in the television series ''

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional ...

'' * Harriet Morton, protagonist of Eva Ibbotson's novel '' A Company of Swans'' * Harriet Schulenburg, character in the British sitcom ''Green Wing'' * Harriet Sims, U.S. Navy officer in the TV show ''JAG'' * Harriet Shelton, police officer in the British soap opera ''Doctors'' * Harriet Smith, character from Jane Austen's novel '' Emma'' * Harriet Swanson, character from the anime series ''

Glitter Force is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, best known a ...

'' (originally named Haru Midorikawa) * Harriet Vane, fictional mystery author in Dorothy L. Sayers' "Lord Peter" stories * Harriet Vanger, character from the novel ''

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in ) is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in 2005, translated into English in 2008, and became an international bestseller. ''T ...

'' * Harriet Watson, John Watson's sister in the TV series ''Sherlock'' * Harriet M. Welsch, title character of '' Harriet the Spy'' * Harriet "Harry" Wild, the main character of the Irish comedy-drama television series, '' Harry Wild'' * Harriet Broodal, fictional

rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...

character in the video game ''

Super Mario Odyssey is a 2017 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. An installment in the ''Super Mario'' series, it follows Mario and his new ally Cappy—a sentient hat—as they journey across various kingdoms to save Prince ...

'' * Harriet the Turtle, from '' Franklin'' * Harriet the Hamster Fairy, from the '' Rainbow Magic'' book franchise * Harriet, a Simon Kidgits character developed by Simon Brand Ventures

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