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Hayes - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Hayes

[ 1 syll. ha-yes, hay-es ] The boy name Hayes is pronounced as HHEYZ †. Hayes is mainly used in the English language and its language of origin is Old English. The name is of the meaning from the hedged enclosure. The English name Hays is a variant form of the name.

Hayes is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1905 with 0.014% of baby boys being given the name Hayes. Its ranking then was #513. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is today of irregular use. Among all boy names in its group, Hayes was nonetheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Hayes include the English Hays, the name Haig, the Scandinavian Hasse, the Frisian and German Hauke, the English Hawk, the English Hawke, the name Hazz, the Scandinavian Hazze, the Dutch Heike, the Vietnamese Hoc, the English Hughes, the Dutch Huig, the English Hutch, the English Hux, the German Haiko, the name Haji, the German Hajo, the Scandinavian Hako, the German Hasso, and the English Hawkeye.

 



† Pronunciation for Hayes: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


 
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