English Explanatory Dictionary

Hayley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English placename.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English. (More often spelled Haley.)
  3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
  5. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Pronunciation

/ˈheɪli/

Word forms

Hayley Hailey Haley Hailie Haylee Hayleigh Haylie Hayle

Etymology

Localities in England, from Old English hēg (“hay”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hay + -ley (“lea”).

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