Harmon

Where Harmon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Harmon.

Harmon through the years
  1. 1848
    Harmon Northrop Morse born
    American chemist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #356 among boys, with 23 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1890
    Peak, #335
    27 babies named Harmon, its best rank.
  4. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #674.
  5. 1936
    Harmon Killebrew born
    Professional baseball player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Harmon Killebrew · Professional baseball player, 1936–2011
  • Harmon Northrop Morse · American chemist, 1848–1920
  • Harmon Jones · Canadian film director and film editor, 1911–1972
  • Harmon Craig · American chemist, 1926–2003
  • Harmon Percy Marble · American mayor and photographer, 1870–1945

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.