# Harlan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,398

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
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## Etymology
American contraction of Harland, from Old English har (“grey”) / hara (“hare”) + land (“land”).

## Easily confused with
- **Hasan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-hasan)
- **Horan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-horan)
- **Harley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-harley)
- **Hassan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-hassan)
- **Herman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-herman)
- **Harlem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-harlem)
- **Harmon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-harmon)
- **Harman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-harman)
- **Harlow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-harlow)
- **Haslam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-haslam)
- **harlot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-harlot)
- **Haryana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-haryana)
- **Hartman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlan-vs-hartman)
- **Hara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hara-vs-harlan)
- **hala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hala-vs-harlan)
- **Haan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haan-vs-harlan)
- **haram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haram-vs-harlan)
- **halal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halal-vs-harlan)
- **Hagan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagan-vs-harlan)
- **Halen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halen-vs-harlan)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahrlan`, `halran`, `haraln`, `harlann`, `harllan`, `harlna`, `harrlan`, `hharlan`, `hralan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/harlan