Given name
Harlean
“from the meadow of the hares”
Harlean is a variant of Harley. One English interpretation is “from the meadow of the hares.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Harlean is a variant of Harley. One English interpretation is “from the meadow of the hares.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Harlean is a variant of Harley. An origin associated with Harley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Harlean through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 184
- 0 boys · 184 girls
- Most popular year
- 1937
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1956. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1937. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 136 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Harlean’s family of names
Harlean has a related form in Harley.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Harlean
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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