# Harmon

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,107

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:

## Etymology
* As an English surname, by way of Norman/Anglo-Norman/Middle English/Old French from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Herman. Also Americanized from German variants such as Harmann, Hermann. Compare Harman.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon, from Ó hArgadáin (literally “descendant of Argadán”), from a diminutive of airgead (“silver”).

## Easily confused with
- **Huron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-huron)
- **heron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-heron)
- **Herman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-herman)
- **Horton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-horton)
- **harrow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-harrow)
- **Hatton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-hatton)
- **harmony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-harmony)
- **hormone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-hormone)
- **Hartman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-hartman)
- **harpoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-harpoon)
- **harmonic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-harmonic)
- **harm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harm-vs-harmon)
- **harbor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harbor-vs-harmon)
- **Hanson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanson-vs-harmon)
- **harden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harden-vs-harmon)
- **harmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmed-vs-harmon)
- **Harlan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-harmon)
- **Harman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harman-vs-harmon)
- **Harlow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlow-vs-harmon)
- **Hardin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hardin-vs-harmon)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahrmon`, `hamron`, `harmmon`, `harmno`, `harmonn`, `haromn`, `harrmon`, `hharmon`, `hramon`

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