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Harlea

Gender
Girl
Say it
HAR-lee
Origin
English

Harlea is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Harlea mean?

English: probably a variant of Harley

Probably a variant of Harley, an English surname and place name from Old English words for hare or rock and clearing.

Is Harlea a girl's or a boy's name?

Harlea is a girls' name.

How popular is Harlea in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 girls.

2006Busiest: 4 in 20062022
Harlea in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20223#5,885
20210–
20200–
20194#4,904
20180–
20174#4,967
20161#7,664
20150–
20140–
20130–
20123#6,108
20110–
20100–
20090–
20081#7,383
20070–
20064#4,357

How popular is Harlea in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.

Half of all the girls named Harlea in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1994Busiest: 13 in 19942018
Harlea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20185#15,677
20170–
20160–
20156#14,477
20147#13,063
201310#10,230
20120–
20110–
20108#12,270
20098#12,423
20085#17,498
20070–
20067#13,601
20050–
20046#14,172
20030–
20029#10,240
20015#15,345
20005#15,024
19997#11,378
19988#10,116
19970–
19966#11,801
19956#11,778
199413#6,666

Names like Harlea

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Harlea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harlea, updated 20 October 2026.