Harlon
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Harlon by the numbers
Harlon was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 44 babies in 1939, making it a 1930s name.
What we can tell you about Harlon
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 Harlon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 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)
- Haroona form of Aaron; lofty or exalted73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlenhare meadow; a form of Harlan22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harmonharmonious; a form of Hermann or Harmony19 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Harlon
Names that are said the same way as Harlon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Harlin34 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Harlon
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