# Hari

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,990

## Definitions
1. A name or epithet given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.
2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
3. A surname from Sanskrit.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit हरि (hari).

## Easily confused with
- **hi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hi)
- **HR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hr)
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-has)
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-her)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hat)
- **hay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hay)
- **hui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hui)
- **haw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-haw)
- **HRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hrc)
- **HDR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hdr)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hur)
- **hoi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hoi)
- **hav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hav)
- **HRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hrt)
- **hrm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hrm)
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hor)
- **Hsi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hsi)
- **HRW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-hrw)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-have)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hari-vs-here)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ahri`, `harri`, `hhari`, `hrai`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hari