Harith

"Hareth" redirects here. For the area of Judah mentioned in 1 Samuel, see Hareth (biblical place).

Harith

Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	Cultivator, Collector, Plowman
Other names
Variant form(s)	Haris

Harith or Hareth (Arabic: حارث, romanized: ḥāriṯ; [ħaː.riθ]) 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 ح־ر־ث ḥ-r-ṯ.

Given name

• Al-Harith ibn Hilliza al-Yashkuri, 5th century pre-Islamic Arabian poet
• Azazil, also known as Ḥārith, the name of Iblis before he was expelled from heaven
• Harith al-Dhari (1941–2015), an Iraqi Sunni Arab cleric
• Harith Gassani, Arab Christian governor of Sham and contemporary of Muhammad
• Harith al-Hamdani, a contemporary of Muhammad
• Harith ibn Harb, brother of the man who would be Muhammad's arch enemy, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
• Harith Iskander (born 1966), a Malaysian actor and comedian
• Harith Lim (born 1970), a professional Singaporean darts player
• Harith Maduwantha (born 1994), a Sri Lankan cricketer
• Harith al-Muhasibi (781–857), founder of the Baghdad School of Islamic philosophy
• Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari (died 2015), an official of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
• Hareth Al Naif (born 1993), a Syrian footballer
• Harith al-Obeidi (died 2009), an Iraqi politician
• Harith ibn Rab'i, one of the companions of Muhammad
• Harith al-Sudani (died 2017), Iraqi militaryman, spy and war hero
• Hareth Shanshal Sunaid, an Iraqi politician

In fiction

• Harith, a male cat humanoid character in Mobile Legends.

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Harith
• All pages with titles beginning with Hareth
• Arethas (disambiguation), the Greek form of the Arabic name Harith
• Aretas (disambiguation), another spelling of the Greek form
• Banu al-Harith, an Arabian tribe
• The Curse on Hareth, a 1982 role-playing game
• Haris, Salfit, a Palestinian town formerly known as Harith