Hayes

Meanings

1. A surname
2. An English habitational surname from Old English.
3. A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”)
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. A placename:
6. Any of a number of places; those outside Britain named for persons with the surname.
7. A place in England:
8. A town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1080).
9. A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4066).
10. A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
11. A settlement in Jamaica.
12. A rural locality in Derwent Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.

1. plural of haye

Etymology

*As an English locational surname, from Old English hæs (“brushwood”) (see hris) and Middle English hay (“enclosure”), heye. *As an Irish surname, from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”).