Harlo
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in England and Wales.
Harlo by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Harlo. In the US, 22 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Harlo
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 Harlo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Halo174 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harleehare meadow; modern respelling of Harley489 in the US (2017)
- Harlynhare meadow; a modern respelling of Harlan or Harley234 in the US (2017)
- Harliehare meadow; a modern spelling of Harley162 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Harlo
Names that are said the same way as Harlo, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Harlowerock hill; variant of harlow12 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Harlo
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