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♂ Harley (boy)
What does Harley mean?
Harley 
▼ as a boys' name (also used more generally as girls' name Harley) is pronounced HAR-lee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Harley is "hare meadow; rock meadow". From hara "hare" or h�r "rock", and l�ah "clearing". Familiar as the name of a great motorcycle, the Harley-Davidson.
STARTS WITH Har-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, rock, great
Variations
VARIANTS Arlea, Arleigh, Arley, Harlea, Harlee, Harleigh, Harli, Harlie, Harly
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Harley Taj (H.T.), ..
How popular is Harley?
Harley is a very popular first name for males (#526 out of 1220, Top 43%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#2886 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Harley reached its top position of #192 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is currently at #781. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Arleigh, Arley and Harlie are the prominent alternative forms of Harley (#781 VIA LATEST LIST) appearing in the Top 2000. These relations of Harley were popular as birth names 128 years ago (MEDIAN #1093) and are now much less common.
Similar Names
Harley▼ is alike in pronunciation to Harlo, Harloe, Harlow, Hurlee, Hurley and Hurly. Other recommended sound-alike names are Barrey, Bartley, Baxley, Cailey, Carey▼, Carney, Corley, Dailey, Daley, Darbey, Darnley, Dawley, Earley, Early▼, Farley, Farrley (see Farley), Garey, Garlen, Garrey, Hadlea (see Hadley), Haglea (see Hagley), Haglee, Hagley, Hailey, Haley, Halle, Hallen, Halley, Halsey, Halsy, Hamlen, Hamlet, Handley, Hanlea, Hanly, Harden, Harel, Harlen, Harlenn, Harlin, Harmen, Harper, Harthy, Hartlea, Hartlee, Hartley, Harve▼, Harvee, Harvey▼, Hastey, Hawley, Hayley, Headley, Hedley, Hervey, Horsley, Huxley▲, Jarvey, Karney, Manley, Marlen, Marly, Morley, Paley, Parrey, Radley, Rawley, Sorley and Wardley. These names tend to be less commonly used than Harley.
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