Hayley
| Pronunciation | ˈheɪli |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | English |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Haley, Hailey, Halley, Hali, Halie |
Hayley (pronounced /ˈheɪli/) is an English given name.
It is derived from the English surname Haley, which in turn was based on an Old English toponym, a compound of heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow".[1]
While it can be used for males,[2] Hayley is most commonly a female given name. This use became popular due to child actress Hayley Mills (b. 1946), but the name was not used with any frequency prior to the 1980s. Its popularity saw a sudden peak during the 1990s, but since the 2000s has again declined significantly.[1] Hayley is one of the top 1,500 female names in the US today.[3]
Women with this given name
Notable people with the given name Hayley, or variant spellings of it, include:
- Hayley Atwell (b. 1982), English actress
- Hayley Barr (b. 1971), American actress
- Mary Hayley Bell (22 January 1911 – 1 December 2005), English actress, writer, dramatist
- Hailey Clauson (b. 1995), American fashion model
- Haylie Duff (b. 1985), American actress and singer
- Hailey Duke (b. 1985), American skier
- Halley Feiffer (born 1984), American actress and playwright
- Haley Gibby (b. 1981 or 1982), American electronic music singer
- Hayley Kiyoko (b. 1991), American actress
- Hayley Lewis (b. 1974), Australian swimmer
- Hayley Mills (b. 1946), English actress, daughter of Mary Hayley Bell
- Hayley Peirsol (b. 1985), American swimmer
- Hayley Okines (1997–2015), an English girl with the rare aging disease progeria
- Hayley Petit (1995–2007), American murder victim
- Hailee Steinfeld (b. 1996) American actress
- Hayley Tamaddon (1977), English actress
- Hayley Tullett (b. 1973), Welsh runner
- Haylee Wanstall (b. 1992), Canadian actress
- Hayley Angel Wardle (b. 1983), English actress
- Hayley Westenra (b. 1987), New Zealand singer
- Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), Canadian ice hockey player
- Hayley Williams (b. 1988), lead singer-songwriter from Paramore
- Lee Ha-jin (b. 1988), nicknamed Haylee, Korean Go player
Men with this given name
- Haley Barbour (born 1947), American politician
- Haley Joel Osment (born 1988), American actor
- Halley Stewart (1838–1937), English businessman, journalist, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician
Fictional characters with this given name
- Hayley Cropper in the TV series Coronation Street
- Hayley Smith in the TV series American Dad!
- Hayley Smith in the TV series Home and Away
- Hayley Stark in the film Hard Candy
- Hayley Steele in the TV series The Troop
- Hayley Vaughan Santos in the TV series All My Children
- Haley James Scott in the TV series One Tree Hill
- Haley Dunphy in the TV series Modern Family
- Haley Brooks in the TV series Criminal Minds
- Hayley Marshall in the TV series The Originals
- Hailey Nichol in the TV series The O.C.
- Hayley Kaplan, a fictional character in the Android: Netrunner
- Hayley Long, a character in the animated series American Dragon: Jake Long
- Hailey, from The Other Kingdom
See also
- Haley (surname)
- Halley (surname), similar but unrelated name which can have the same pronunciation
- Hailey (disambiguation)
- Halie, various characters in Greek mythology
- All pages with titles beginning with Haley
- All pages with titles beginning with Hayley
References
- ^ a b Katie Martin-Doyle, The Treasury of Baby Names, Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. ISBN 978-1-903025-11-6
- ^ Baby Name Guide
- ^ Name Statistics
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