Harley (given name)
| Harley | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | hahr-lee |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Language(s) | English |
| Name day | June 26, November 26 (disputed) |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old English |
| Meaning | hær (rock) + lēah (wood, clearing) |
Harley is a given unisex name. The name is derived from the Old English words hara meaning hare,[1] and leah, meaning wood or clearing and meadow in later development of the language.[2] 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.[3]
Notable people named Harley
- Harley Allen (born January 23, 1956), an American country singer and songwriter
- Harley Alexander-Sule (born 21 November, 1991), 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 (1894 - 1969), 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 (1925 - 2013), 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 (1926-2015), 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
- Harley Quinn, a DC Comics supervillain created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, and first appeared in Batman: The Animated Series in September 1992.
- Harley Hartwell, a teenage detective from the Case Closed/Detective Conan anime.
See also
References
- ↑ "hara - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ↑ "leah - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ↑ Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Harley". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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