Harper-Lee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAR-per-LEE
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Harper-Lee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “harp player + clearing, meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Harper-Lee mean?
English: Harper + Lee
“harp player + clearing, meadow”
Joins Harper (English, “harp player”) and Lee (English, “clearing, meadow”).
Meanings borrowed from Harper and Lee.
Is Harper-Lee a girl's or a boy's name?
Harper-Lee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harper-Lee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Harper-Lee, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Harper-Lee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Harper-Lee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
Names like Harper-Lee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hallie Harper Hazel Ottilie Olive Nellie Ivy Evelyn Violet Hope Frankie Willow
Names related to Harper-Lee
More English names
Lily Hudson Grace Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Carter Harrison River Ellie Grayson Jackson
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harper-Lee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harper-lee, updated 20 October 2026.