Baby name
RISING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Harley
/HAR · lee/
Meaning
“Hare clearing”
From Old English 'hara-leah' meaning hare clearing; transformed into a symbol of American motorcycle culture through Harley-Davidson, making it a crossover name.
Nicknames
harlan
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Currently popular in the UK and Australia as a gender-neutral name; may peak and date by 2030.
The cultural moment.
Rising in the UK and Australia since 2008; top 100 in England since around 2015.