Harmon

English

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”).

Proper noun

Harmon

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A village in Lee County, Illinois.
   2. An unincorporated community in Red River Parish, Louisiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Oklahoma.
   4. A ghost town in Stinnett, Washburn County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Harmon County

Anagrams

• Horman, Rohman, hamron, rhamno-