Harlan / Harland

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Does Harlan or Harland sound like an American or British name?

American 100%

I picture it on both American and British kids.

It sounds like something a Man City fan would consider 😂

Harlan makes me think of horror stories and Harland sounds made up

Haaland, if I’m very honest. I’d have thought it was Premier League/Man City inspired.

There's an awful bully at my kids school with that name.
Thick as mince too

Man City fan?

What about Grealish as an alternative?

Harlan I would think American, while Haarland will be scandi like the Man City player.

Harlan sounds American. Harland sounds like something made up that a tween would dream of calling a future child.

Harland sounds like a container port in the Netherlands, so neither

Håland/ Haaland is pronounced 'horland' in Scandinavia

If you're in the UK everyone will assume it's named after Erling Haaland.

Never heard of either of those names! Harland sounds like it would be a debt recovery service, repayment plans etc.. (sorry OP!)

Harland and Wollf was a famous ship building company in Belfast.

This.

I would think you're a city fan.
As names go it's the football equivalent of Khaleesi.

Both sound like the name of a furniture store.

American and hick. At least, those are the kind of characters I’ve seen called Harlan/d in contemporary US fiction.

Only if you have another called Foden or Ederson ⚽️

For what it's worth, I'm Scottish but live in the USA. I'm not a stranger to the culture as my mother is American.

When I lived in San Francisco, I once got a series of phone calls from someone who claimed he as "calling about a Harlan". As I lived alone at the time, I told him there was no Harlan living here and he must have the wrong number. As things persisted, it turned out he was calling about a "hauling" - apparently my number was similar to the number of someone who had called his company to come and take away loads of rubbish.

American

My first thought too.

Harlan makes me think of the writer Harlan Coben who I believe is American.

I've only ever heard of Harland as a surname here in the UK.

There both awful.

It sounds like a Norwegian footballer's name.