Harper-Lee
Girl name · 3 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Harper-Lee: 3 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 3 births in 2017.
A modern compound name, Harper-Lee blends the English surnames Harper and Lee. Harper comes from an occupational name for a harpist, while Lee derives from Old English leah, meaning a meadow or clearing. The name is perhaps most famously linked to author Harper Lee, whose legal name was Nelle Harper Lee – her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird remains a cornerstone of American literature. Both elements appear widely in place names across the English-speaking world, from Harper County in the US to the many Scottish villages called Lee. This double-barrelled style has grown increasingly popular in Scotland since the 1990s, reflecting a broader trend of blending surname-names into distinctive first names.
Girl 1 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 20173 babies
- Latest (2017)
- #8083 babies
- Total births
- 3since 2017
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y