Harleigh

Harleigh: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hare meadow”
Origin
Old English
Say it
HAR-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Harleigh is a modern spelling variant of Harley, from an Old English surname and place name meaning hare meadow. The -leigh ending is a contemporary respelling feature.

How popular is Harleigh?

202444.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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.

Babies named Harleigh in 2024147

2024 rank#1,482 girls

Peak year2018

Total US babies since 18805,136

Harleigh has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Harleigh

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Harleyhare meadow · Old English
  • Harleehare clearing · English
  • Audreynoble strength · Old English
  • Ashleyash tree clearing · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • Hadleyheather field · Old English
  • Blakelydark wood or clearing · Old English
  • KimberlyCyneburg's meadow · Old English

Harleigh questions

What does the name Harleigh mean?

Harleigh means "hare meadow". It comes from Old English. Harleigh is a modern spelling variant of Harley, from an Old English surname and place name meaning hare meadow. The -leigh ending is a contemporary respelling feature.

Is Harleigh a boy or girl name?

Harleigh is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Harleigh?

147 US babies were named Harleigh in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.

How do you pronounce Harleigh?

Harleigh 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.