72%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. HAHR-lən [key·IPA] Meaning & History From a surname that was from a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English. In America it has sometimes been given in honour of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911). PopularityDetails Last ranked #577 in 2021 England and Wales Last ranked #635 in 2021 United States Categories A Song of Ice and Fire characters, animals, Beavis and Butt-Head characters, fauna, House of Cards US characters, NASCAR, nature, R.E.M. songs, Stephen King characters, surnames