Hayley

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | 493 words | Copyright

Hayley ♀ Transferred use of the surname, which derives from a place name, probably Hailey in Oxfordshire, which was originally named from Old English hēg ‘hay’ + lēah ‘clearing’. Use as a given name began in the 1960s, inspired perhaps by the actress Hayley Mills (b. 1946), daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and enjoyed great popularity until the late 1990s.

Variants: Haylee, Hailey, Hailee, Haley, Haleigh, Hallie.

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