| The girl name Haleigh [ syll. ha-lei-(g)(h), hal-e-igh ] is pronounced as HHEYL-iy- KEY. Haleigh is primarily used in the English language and it is of Old English origin. Haleigh is a variant form of the English name Hayley. Haleigh is a fairly popular baby name for girls. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2000, 0.040% of baby girls were given the name Haleigh. Its ranking then was #372. In 2007, its usage was 0.023% and its ranking #622. Within the group of girl names directly linked to Haleigh, the English Hayley was the most popular. In 2007, the name was twice as popular as Haleigh. Baby names that sound like Haleigh include the English Hailee, the English Hailey, the English Hailie, the English Haley, the English Haylee, the English Hayley, the English Haylie, the English Hali, the English Halie, the English Hallie, the German Hella, the Turkish Hilal, the English Hollie, the English Holly, and the English Halle. KEY: approx pronunciation for Haleigh: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
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