Harley (given name)

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Pronunciation hahr-lee Language(s) English		Gender Unisex Word/name Old English
Name day June 26, November 26 (disputed) Meaning hær (rock) + lēah (wood, clearing)

Harley is a given unisex name. The name is derived from the Old English words hara meaning hare, and leah, meaning wood or clearing and meadow in later development of the language. The name Harley means "hare's meadow".

Harley first became popular in the year 1880, where it was the 180th most popular masculine given name in the United States, the name first became popular as a feminine given name in 1991, and became the 667th most popular feminine given name during that year.

Notable people named Harley

Harley Allen (born January 23, 1956), an American country singer and songwriter

Harley Alexander-Sule, English singer in Rizzle Kicks

Harley Brinsfield, an American radio personality and host of The Harley Show

Harley Boss (1908 - 1964), a Major League Baseball first baseman

Harley True Burton (1888 - 1964), a Texas historian, college president, and mayor

Harley H. Christy (1870 – 1950), a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy

Harley Cross (born 1978), an American film and television actor

Harley Desjarlais, a regional Métis leader in Canada

Harley Dillinger (1894 - 1959), an American Major League Baseball pitcher

Harley Earl, car designer and coachbuilder, the first styling chief at General Motors

Harley Flanagan (born 1968), musician and member of the 1980s hardcore punk band Cro-Mags

Harley Flanders, an American mathematician

Harley Frank, a First Nations leader in southern Alberta, Canada

Harley Granville-Barker (1877 – 1946), an English actor, director, producer, critic and playwright

Harley Hisner (born November 6, 1926), a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball

Harley Hotchkiss (born 1927), a Canadian businessman

Harley M. Jacklin (1889-1970), an American politician

Harley Martin Kilgore (1893 - 1956), a United States Senator from West Virginia

Harley the Nightrider, a professional wrestler from All-Star Wrestling

Harley Eugene Knox (1899 – 1956), an American independent politician from California

Harley Jane Kozak (born January 28, 1957), an American actress and author

Harley Lewis (born May 5, 1971), an American professional wrestler

Harley Marques Silva (born July 6, 1975), a Brazilian beach volleyball champion

Harley A. Martin (1880-1951), an American politician

Harley McCollum (1916 – 1984), an American football tackle

Harley Parker (1915 – 1992), a Canadian artist, designer, curator, professor and scholar

Harley Pasternak (born August 6, 1974), a Canadian personal trainer, public speaker and author

Harley Payne (1868 - 1935), a former American professional baseball player

Harley Peyton, an American television producer and writer

Harley Leland Race (born April 11, 1943), a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter

Harley Refsal, an American artist and woodcarver

Harley Rutledge (1926 - 2006), an American physics professor and ufologist

Harley Schwadron, an American cartoonist

Harley Sewell (born April 18, 1931), a former American football guard

Harley Edward Streten (born 5 November 1991), an Australian DJ known professionally as Flume

Harley Orrin Staggers (1907 – 1991), a Democratic U.S. politician

Harley O. Staggers, Jr. (born February 22, 1951), a Democratic U.S. politician

Harley Oliver Teets (1906 - 1957), American law enforcement official and warden of San Quentin State Prison

Harley Venton (born December 12, 1953), an American actor

Fictional characters with the name

Harley Quinn, a fiction supervillian created by DC Comics

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