Throughout the world, ฮาร์เลย์ (Hale 
, ฮาร์เลย์ 
) is a common dominantly girly, but uncommonly masculine given name. The first name ฮาร์เลย์ is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a common feminine name, Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Iraq, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Turkey, Ethiopia, and the United States. More frequently, ฮาร์เลย์ is the last name as well as the forename.
ฮาร์เลย์ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hale Underwoo , the musical character in the musical Oh, Lady! Lady!! by Jerome Kern; Bill's friend.