Harper
PopularA girl's name meaning harp player.
Approved in Estados Unidos. Harper is on the official SSA list of names you can register. In the national top 20 of 2025.
Origin
Comes from an English occupational surname that belonged to someone who played or made harps, from Old English hearpe (harp).
Story
Like many English surnames, it came into use as a given name. It gained wide recognition largely through the American writer Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, and became a much-sought feminine name in recent decades.
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- Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications · SSA · ssa.gov (approved-name list & birth statistics)
- Behind the Name · Harper
- Wiktionary · Harper