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Harley

Harley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hare meadow”
Origin
Old English
Say it
HAR-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (43% girls, 57% boys since 1880)

From an English surname and place name derived from Old English hara and leah. It originally referred to a meadow or clearing associated with hares.

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How popular is Harley?

2024304 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 Harley in 20241,013

2024 rank#396 girls

Peak year2017

Total US babies since 188070,909

Harley has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Harley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Harleehare clearing · English
  • Harleighhare meadow · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • PeytonPæga's town · Old English
  • Suttonsouth settlement · Old English
  • Leightonsettlement by a meadow · Old English
  • Kingsleyking's meadow · Old English
  • Berkleybirch wood clearing · Old English

Harley questions

What does the name Harley mean?

Harley means "hare meadow". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place name derived from Old English hara and leah. It originally referred to a meadow or clearing associated with hares.

Is Harley a boy or girl name?

Harley is used for both: about 43% of US babies named Harley since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Harley?

1,013 US babies were named Harley in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.

How do you pronounce Harley?

Harley 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.