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[ 2 syll. hay-ley, ha-yl-ey ] The girl name Hayley is pronounced HHEYLiy †. Hayley is of Old English origin and it is used largely in the English language. The name is of the meaning 'hay clearing, hay meadow'. From heg meaning 'hay' ; leah meaning 'wood, clearing, meadow'. The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself from a place name Hailey in Oxfordshire. The given name was first used in the 1960s, promoted by the popularity of the Academy Award-winning English actress Hayley Mills (1946-). Variant forms of the name include the English Haley, the English Hali, the English Halle, the German and English Halli, the German and English Hallie, the German and English Hally, and the English Hayleigh. Other forms of Hayley include the variant spellings Haeley (English), Haeli (English), Hailea (English), Hailee (English), Haileigh (English), Hailey (English), Haili (English), Hailie (English), Hailley (English), Haily (English), Halee (English), Haleigh (English), Halie (English), Hayhlee (English), Haylea (English), Haylee (English), Hayli (English), Haylie (English), and Heily (English). Hayley is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name jumped in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. Its usage peaked modestly in 1996 with 0.134% of baby girls being given the name Hayley. Its ranking then was #120. The baby name has since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, it ranked at #382 with a usage of 0.041%. Among the group of girl names directly linked to Hayley, Hailey was the most frequently used. Its use outnumbered Hayley's by 9 times in 2008. Baby names that sound like Hayley include the English Hailee, the English Hailey, the English Haili, the English Hailie, the English Hailley, the English Haily, the English Halee, the English Haleigh, the English Haley, the English Haylee, the English Hayli, the English Haylie, the English Haeley, the English Haeli, the English Haileigh, the Arabic Hala, the English Hali, the English Halie, the German Hallee, and the German Halley. A famous person named Hayley is Hayley Mills, Actress, born Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills, 18 April 1946, London, England.
† Pronunciation for Hayley: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
