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Throughout the world, Harlan (Harlan , 哈伦 , Харлан ) is a common male given name. The first name Harlan is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare male name, Nicaragua, and Indonesia, where it is a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, Indonesia, and Philippines. Likewise, Harlan is the last name as well as the forename.
Harlan is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .