Harith is a Sanskrit word, meaning Green color and refers to one of the Surya's seven horses.
Harith or Haris is a common Arabic name( Arabic='حارس و حارث'), Harith meaning the Lion which digs the earth and Haris meaning guardian or guard, and may refer to:
- Harith al-Dhari (born 1941), Sunni Arab cleric, and chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars
- Harith Gassani, contemporary of Muhammad, and Governor of Syria
- Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri, 5th century pre-Islamic Arabian poet
- Harith ibn Harb, brother of the man who would be Muhammad's arch enemy, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
- Harith ibn Rab'i, one of the companions of Muhammad
- Harith ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, one of the uncles of Muhammad, and a Sahaba