{{redirect|Hareth|the area of Judah mentioned in 1 Samuel|Hareth (biblical place)}} {{Short description|Male given name}} {{Infobox given name | name = Harith | image = | image_size = | caption = | gender = Male | feminine = | meaning = Cultivator, Collector, Plowman | region = | related names = | variant = Haris }} '''Harith''' or '''Hareth''' ({{langx|ar|حارث|ḥāriṯ}}; {{IPA|ar|ħaː.riθ|label=}}) is a common Arabic masculine given name that means “good provider.” It also has the meanings “plowman” or “cultivator”, and “collector” and stems from the Arabic root {{lang|ar|ح־ر־ث}} ḥ-r-ṯ.
==Given name== * Al-Harith ibn Hilliza al-Yashkuri, 5th century pre-Islamic Arabian poet * Al-Harith ibn Jabalah, (c. 528-569), Ghassanid king * Azazil, also known as Ḥārith, the name of Iblis before he was expelled from heaven * Aretas I, (c. 168), the Greek form of his Arabic name, Harith * Arethas of Najran, 6th century Arab Christian martyr, also known as Harith ibn Ka'ab, founder of the Banu Harith tribe * Harith ibn Abi Shamir, 7th century Arab Christian governor of Damascus * 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== *{{lookfrom|Harith}} *{{lookfrom|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
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