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Harley - boy or girl?

107 replies

unsurereallyx1 · 05/07/2023 11:11

Hi,
In your opinion is Harley a boys name or a girls name? & where abouts are you from (if you don't mind sharing)

Thank you x

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Heatherbell1978 · 05/07/2023 15:52

Years ago I met a female Harley in America so always assumed it was, well, a female American name. Then a friend named her son. Bit too American for my liking but it feels quite unisex.

PickledScrump · 05/07/2023 15:55

I know of one boy and one male dog so id assume boy.

MrsMitford3 · 05/07/2023 15:56

I thought of Harley Quinn so girl name for me

CallieQ · 05/07/2023 15:58

Neither!

Motorbike

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 05/07/2023 16:07

Boy, south east, 27 years ago.

MiniEggsAllYear · 05/07/2023 16:17

I automatically assume boy, however I know 2 boys and 2 girls with the name.

SadKendall · 05/07/2023 16:20

Dog.

SquigglePigs · 05/07/2023 16:52

Either. My instinctive assumption would be boy, but I only know one person with the name and she's a girl so not sure where that came from. Works for both!

TheShellBeach · 05/07/2023 16:54

TBH Harley is DS's cat's name.
I'm aware that you know it's a surname and that is how I see it.

Strugglingtodomybest · 05/07/2023 17:04

My first thought was that it's a dog's name, and a male dog.

But go for it if you like it, for a boy or a girl.

TheFormidableMrsC · 05/07/2023 17:06

I know two. Both boys.

LaLaLouella · 05/07/2023 17:09

Boy Dog

Lastusernamecantthinkofanotherone · 05/07/2023 17:09

AuntieStella · 05/07/2023 11:22

Motorbike therefore boy

(I don't like surname names that much, but I do think they can work for a boy)

Are motorbikes male?

i’ve never thought of motorbikes as having a gender so I wouldn’t go from motorbikes to boy.

I do think it’s a gender neutral name though, so maybe it does fit with motorbikes from my pov 😂

Marsyas · 05/07/2023 17:10

Boy, Essex

BertieBotts · 05/07/2023 17:10

Unisex. I knew a boy one - west Midlands.

shoopshoopdedoo · 05/07/2023 17:10

I’d presume boy. Although recently met a female Harley in her 20s.

TheDuchessOfMN · 05/07/2023 17:15

Unisex. If I saw it written down, I wouldn’t know if it was a boy or a girl

CobraChicken · 05/07/2023 17:16

I only know one person with that name - he's a 72 year old Canadian man.

BCBird · 05/07/2023 17:20

Teacher here. Only ever come across it once- a boy.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 05/07/2023 18:22

Either

S Yorks

NorthFaceofthelaundrypile · 05/07/2023 18:28

I know one of each, and they’re both really lovely young people.

RedRobyn2021 · 05/07/2023 21:00

I've know boy and girl Harley's

It's definitely a unisex name and works for both

Daffodilwoman · 05/07/2023 21:02

Boy. Everyone says it like R Lee though!

Beginningless · 05/07/2023 21:05

I know one boy and one girl. To me it’s more of a boys name but definitely unisex. Scotland.

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