# Harman

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,782

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia.
3. A town in Randolph County, West Virginia.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Hermann.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Haar, from the German noun Haar (“hair”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Harmann, Hermann, Herrmann. Compare Harmon.

## Easily confused with
- **human** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-human)
- **Hasan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-hasan)
- **Hyman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-hyman)
- **Horan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-horan)
- **Hassan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-hassan)
- **Herman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-herman)
- **harmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-harmed)
- **hitman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-hitman)
- **Harmon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-harmon)
- **hazmat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-hazmat)
- **harmony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-harmony)
- **Hermann** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-hermann)
- **Haryana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-haryana)
- **Hartman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-hartman)
- **Hartmann** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-hartmann)
- **Harriman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-harriman)
- **harm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harm-vs-harman)
- **Hara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hara-vs-harman)
- **Hama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hama-vs-harman)
- **Haan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haan-vs-harman)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahrman`, `hamran`, `haramn`, `harmann`, `harmman`, `harmna`, `harrman`, `hharman`, `hraman`

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