Haris is a male Arabic given name, and a unisex Greek given name. The name "Haris" has two origins: Arabic and Greek. In Arabic, it is derived from the

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

name

Harith Harith or Hareth (; ) is a common Arabic name that means “good provider.” It also has the meanings “plowman” or “cultivator”, and “collector” and stems from the Arabic root ḥ-r-ṯ. Given name * Al-Harith ibn Hilliza al-Yas ...

(حارث), which means "cultivator” and is mainly used by Muslim men. In

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 ...

, "Haris" is a Greek forename, or given name, which means "grace". In the

Balkans The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...

, "Haris" is popular among

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

in the former Yugoslav nations. This region also has a female equivalent: "Harisa".

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Haris Alagic Haris Alagic professionally known as Haris, is a Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist of Bosnian descent. He started his career in 2013 by winning the fifth season of Dutch series of the ''X Factor''. Career ''X Factor'' Alagic won the Dutch ...

(born 1995), Dutch singer *

Haris Alexiou Haris Alexiou (, ; born 27 December 1950 in Thebes, Greece as Hariklia Roupaka, , ) is a Greek singer whose career has spanned over 5 decades. She is one of the most popular singers in Greece. She has worked with important Greek songwriters and c ...

(born 1950), Greek singer * Haris Azhar (born 1975), Indonesian human rights activist *

Haris Doukas Haris Doukas (born 12 May 1980) is a Greek mechanical engineer and Professor of energy policy and management at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. Doukas is the Mayor of Athens, hav ...

(born 1980), Greek mechanical engineer, professor, and politician *

Haris Duljević Haris Duljević (; born 16 November 1993) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a winger for I liga club Stal Rzeszów. Duljević started his professional career at Čelik Zenica, before joining Olimpic in 2011. Three years late ...

(born 1993), Bosnian footballer *

Haris Džinović Haris Džinović (born 26 September 1951) is a Bosnian folk singer, composer and lyricist. Džinović is one of the best known singers of Southeastern Europe Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe is a geographical sub-region of Europe, c ...

(born 1951), Bosnian singer, composer, and lyricist *

Haris Khan Haris Khan (born 29 March 1993) is a Pakistani cricketer who played in eleven first-class and thirteen List A matches for Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Pl ...

(born 1995), Pakistani cricketer *

Haris Medunjanin Haris Medunjanin (; born 8 March 1985) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Spanish club Castellón. He started his professional career at AZ, who loaned him to Sparta R ...

(born 1985), Bosnian footballer *

Haris Pašović Haris Pašović (born 16 July 1961) is a Bosnian theatre director. Over the course of his career, he has also worked as a playwright, producer, choreographer, performer, and designer. He is best known for his productions of Wedekind's “Spring Aw ...

(born 1961), Bosnian theatre and film director *

Haris Radetinac Haris Radetinac (born 28 October 1985) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish fourth-tier club Åtvidaberg. Ahead of the 2025 season Radetinac returned to Åtvidabergs FF accepting a role as a playing assist ...

(born 1985), Serbian professional footballer *

Haris Rauf Haris Rauf (; born 7 November 1993) is a Pakistani international cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowler for the Pakistani national team. He also plays for Lahore Qalandar in the Pakistan Super League and Northern in first class cricket. ...

(born 1993), Pakistani cricketer *

Haris Seferovic Haris Seferovic (, ; born 22 February 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for UAE Pro League club Al-Nasr. Seferovic made his professional debut at Grasshopper in April 2009. Shortly afterwards, in January 2010, he ...

(born 1992), Swiss footballer *

Haris Silajdžić Haris Silajdžić (; born 1 October 1945) is a Bosnian politician and academic who served as the 5th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2010. He was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegov ...

(born 1945), Bosnian politician and academic *

Haris Sohail Haris Sohail ( Punjabi/; born 9 January 1989) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a left-handed batsman and who occasionally bowls left-arm orthodox. He made his international debut for the Pakistan cricket team in July 2013. In August 20 ...

(born 1989), Pakistani cricketer

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