Harlene
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Harlene by the numbers
Harlene was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 81 babies in 1937, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Harlene
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Harlene. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Harleehare meadow; modern respelling of Harley489 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hayleehay meadow; a form of Hayley520 in the US (2017)
- Hadleeheathland meadow; an invented spelling of Hadley318 in the US (2017)
- Haileehay meadow; a modern respelling of Hailey or Hayley308 in the US (2017)
- Harlynhare meadow; a modern respelling of Harlan or Harley234 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Harlene
Names that are said the same way as Harlene, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Harlene
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