Harlee

Harlee: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “hare clearing”
Origin: English
Say it: HAR-lee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (94% of all uses)

Variant spelling of Harley, from an English surname and place name derived from Old English hara 'hare' and leah 'clearing, meadow'. This spelling is modern.

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How popular is Harlee?

202482.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Harlee in 2024274

2024 rank#980 girls

Peak year2017

Total US babies since 18808,258

Harlee has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Harlee

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Harleyhare meadow · Old English
Harleighhare meadow · Old English
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English

Harlee questions

What does the name Harlee mean?

Harlee means "hare clearing". It comes from English. Variant spelling of Harley, from an English surname and place name derived from Old English hara 'hare' and leah 'clearing, meadow'. This spelling is modern.

Is Harlee a boy or girl name?

Harlee is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Harlee?

274 US babies were named Harlee in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.

How do you pronounce Harlee?

Harlee is usually pronounced HAR-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.