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150 famous people named Harley found on Wikipedia.
38894 male, 24280 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
781-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
164-th in year 1887
Used in: English
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.
Surname attested from mid-12c., literally "dweller at the hares' wood." Harley Street in London from the 1830s was associated with eminent physicians and used metonymically for "medical specialists collectively." As a type of motorcycle, by 1968, short for Harley-Davidson, the motorcycle manufacturer founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., 1905 by engine designer William S. Harley (1880-1943) and Arthur Davidson.
Hare clearing, heap of rocks, from the hare's meadow.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Harley Quinn Smith | 1999 | American actor |
2 | William S. Harley | 1880 | American businessman |
3 | Harley Race | 1943 | American wrestler, promoter and trainer |
4 | Harley Morenstein | 1985 | |
5 | Steve Harley | 1951 | British singer |
6 | Harley Jane Kozak | 1957 | American actress and writer |
7 | Harley Bird | 2001 | British actress |
8 | Harley Earl | 1893 | American designer |
9 | Harley Flanagan | 1968 | Indian singer |
10 | Harley Cross | 1978 | American actor |
11 | Harley Bennell | 1992 | Australian rules footballer |
12 | Chic Harley | 1894 | American football player |
13 | Harley Bonner | 1991 | |
14 | Jon Harley | 1979 | Footballer |
15 | Harley Granville-Barker | 1877 | British actor and playwright |
16 | Harley Pasternak | 1974 | Canadian personal trainer |
17 | Harley Viera-Newton | American model and DJ | |
18 | Tom Harley | 1978 | Australian rules footballer |
19 | Bill Harley | American storyteller | |
20 | Harley Allen | 1956 | American bluegrass and country singer and songwriter |
21 | Harley Cooper | ||
22 | Ryan Harley | 1985 | English footballer |
23 | Rufus Harley | 1936 | American musician |
24 | Harley Peyton | American screenwriter | |
25 | Martin Harley | 1975 | British musician |
26 | Harley Martin Kilgore | 1893 | American politician |
27 | Harley Finkelstein | ||
28 | Rob Harley | 1990 | Scottish rugby union player |
29 | Harley Orrin Staggers | 1907 | American politician |
30 | John Brian Harley | 1932 | English geographer, cartographer, and map historian |
31 | Harley Jessup | 1954 | Visual Effects Artist |
32 | Harley Hotchkiss | 1927 | Canadian businessman and philanthropist |
33 | Harley Baldwin | 1945 | American developer and art dealer |
34 | Anthony Harley | 1963 | American musician |
35 | Harley Saito | 1967 | Japanese professional wrestler |
36 | Brilliana, Lady Harley | 1598 | English letter-writer |
37 | Harley Venton | 1953 | Canadian actor |
38 | Joseph Emile Harley | 1880 | Governor of South Carolina, 1941-1942 |
39 | Harley Cokeliss | 1945 | Director |
40 | Alex Harley | 1936 | Scottish footballer |
41 | Harley Bozeman | 1891 | Louisiana farmer, politician, and historian |
42 | Harley Sewell | 1931 | Player of American football |
43 | Harley Windsor | 1996 | Figure skater |
44 | Harley Warren | ||
45 | David Harley | 1949 | English author and malware researcher |
46 | Harley Balic | 1997 | Australian rules footballer |
47 | Harley Copp | 1922 | American automotive engineer |
48 | Alexander Harley | 1941 | British Army general |
49 | Harley Warrick | 1924 | American Mail Pouch barn painter |
50 | Harley Flanders | 1925 | American mathematician |
51 | Harley E. Knox | 1899 | American mayor |
52 | Troy Harley | 1984 | Russian singer |
53 | Harley Valentine | 1983 | Artist |
54 | Harley Parker | 1915 | Canadian artist |
55 | Harley Krohmer | 1970 | German economist |
56 | Harley Payne | 1868 | American baseball player |
57 | Harley Fox | 1996 | |
58 | Harley Rutledge | 1926 | American physicist |
59 | Harley J. Overturf | 1882 | |
60 | Bob Harley | 1888 | Canadian soccer player |
61 | Harley D. Nygren | 1924 | |
62 | George Harley | 1829 | British physician |
63 | Harley Gaber | 1943 | |
64 | Harley Lewis | 1974 | American professional wrestler |
65 | George Way Harley | 1894 | |
66 | Trevor Harley | 1958 | British psychologist |
67 | James Harley | 1959 | Canadian composer |
68 | Edward Harley | 1664 | |
69 | Charles Knickerbocker Harley | 1943 | Economic historian |
70 | Harley Ingleby | Australian surfer | |
71 | Harley Refsal | 1944 | American woodcarver |
72 | Harley True Burton | 1888 | American mayor and historian |
73 | Harley Brinsfield | American radio personality | |
74 | Harley A. Wilhelm | 1900 | American metallurgist |
75 | Harley Schwadron | Cartoonist | |
76 | Kevin Harley | 1994 | French basketball player |
77 | Heidi Harley | 1969 | American linguist |
78 | Jim Harley | 1917 | Hothead Footballer |
79 | Frank Harley | 1895 | Australian rules footballer |
80 | Harley Marques | 1974 | Brazilian beach volleyball player |
81 | Robert William Harley | 1829 | British colonel administrator |
82 | Harley Knoles | 1880 | British film director |
83 | Harley O. Staggers, Jr. | 1951 | American politician |
84 | Harley H. Christy | 1870 | United States Navy admiral |
85 | Harley Boss | 1908 | American baseball player |
86 | Harley Harris Bartlett | 1886 | American biochemist and botanist (1886–1960) |
87 | Harley Kemp | 1994 | British darts player |
88 | Harley Hisner | 1926 | American baseball player |
89 | Harley O. Teets | 1906 | American prison warden |
90 | Leslie Harley | 1912 | Australian boxer |
91 | Sophie Harley | British jewellery designer | |
92 | Harley Desjarlais | Metis leader | |
93 | Harley Dickinson | 1938 | Australian politician |
94 | Les Harley | 1946 | English footballer |
95 | John Pritt Harley | 1786 | British actor |
96 | Harley Raine | American pornographic actress | |
97 | Harley Frankfurt | 1969 | Canadian businessman |
98 | Harley McCollum | 1916 | American football player |
99 | Harley Usill | 1925 | British record company executive |
100 | Harley Swedler | 1962 | Canadian architect |
101 | Harley Sanford Jones | 1902 | United States general |
102 | Gary Harley | 1954 | Australian rules footballer |
103 | Katherine Harley | 1881 | |
104 | Harley Tat | ||
105 | Charles Harley | 1862 | Former Mayor of Nelson |
106 | Harley Hamilton | 1861 | Conductor, Violinist and Composer |
107 | Harley Miller | Set Decorator | |
108 | Albert Harley | 1940 | Footballer |
109 | Harley Young | 1883 | American baseball player |
110 | Harley High Cartter | 1810 | American jurist and politician |
111 | Harley Stroh | ||
112 | Dick Harley | 1874 | Major League Baseball pitcher |
113 | Harley Roberts | English cricketer | |
114 | Harley Dillinger | 1894 | American baseball player |
115 | John Harley | Bishop of Hereford | |
116 | Harley Hunt | 1940 | American baptist clergyman |
117 | Thomas Harley | ||
118 | Harley Frank | Chief of the Kainai | |
119 | Jack Harley | 1911 | British academic |
120 | George Davies Harley | English actor and poet | |
121 | Harley Dalrymple-Hay | 1861 | British civil engineer |
122 | Harley A. Martin | 1880 | |
123 | Ellen Harley | 1946 | American politician |
124 | Lee Harley | Footballer | |
125 | Harley Brown | ||
126 | Archibald Harley | 1824 | Canadian politician |
127 | Harley J. Spence | 1904 | |
128 | Joseph Auty Harley | 1843 | Former Mayor of Nelson |
129 | Harley Grossman | 1930 | American baseball player |
130 | Harley Towler | 1992 | Badminton player |
131 | Robert Harley | 1828 | English mathematician and Congregational minister |
132 | Harley | Fictional character from the Pokémon franchise | |
133 | Peggy Harley | ||
134 | Harry Harley | 1916 | Australian rules footballer |
135 | Harley M. Jacklin | 1889 | |
136 | Harley Jones Van Cleave | 1886 | American zoologist (1886–1953) |
137 | Reg Harley | 1925 | Australian australian-rules footballer |
138 | Harley Redin | 1919 | American basketball coach |
139 | Vaughan Harley | ||
140 | Primrose Roper | 1908 | English painter and gardener |
141 | Cyril Harley | 1910 | Australian rules footballer |
142 | Brian Harley | 1883 | British chess composer |
143 | Harley Crane | 1976 | Rugby union player |
144 | John B. Harley | ||
145 | Harley Rodeka | 1986 | Australian association football player |
146 | Harley Bertholdsen | 1969 | Faroese association football player |
147 | Harley Riley | British actress | |
148 | Harley Anderson | ||
149 | Harley Gerald Veasey | 1896 | |
150 | Bernard Harley |