Harmony is taken from the English word, which comes through Latin from the Greek harmonia and means "harmony" or "agreement", the pleasing union of different notes. In Greek myth Harmonia was the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, and the name joins Melody and Cadence among the musical virtue names American parents like. Harmony rose from number 721 in 2000 to a peak of number 169 in 2019 and has slipped to number 276 among girls' names in 2025.