Harlen
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning hare meadow; a form of Harlan.
Harlen by the numbers
In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Harlen. In the US, 67 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 65 babies in 1936, making it a 1930s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Harlen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harleehare meadow; modern respelling of Harley489 in the US (2017)
- Harlanhare land or rocky land82 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlynhare meadow; a modern respelling of Harlan or Harley234 in the US (2017)
- Hardenhare valley; a place name6 in the US (2017)
- Harlem276 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Harlen
Names that are said the same way as Harlen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Harlen, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Harlen
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