Meaning & Origin
Harlym is a girl's and boy's baby name, an alternate spelling of Harlem, the New York City neighborhood whose name derives from the Dutch city Haarlem. As a given name, Harlem/Harlym evokes the Harlem Renaissance — the extraordinary flourishing of African-American art, music, and literature in the 1920s and 1930s.
The "-ym" spelling feminizes the place name slightly while keeping its distinctive sound. For families who want to honor African-American cultural heritage through naming, Harlym carries the creative legacy of figures like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Duke Ellington.