Hayley
For other uses, see Hayley (disambiguation).
| Hayley | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | ˈheɪli |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | English |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Haley, Hailey, Halley, Hali, Halie |
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Hayley (pronounced /ˈheɪli/) is an English given name. It was adopted from the English surname.
The surname was in turn based on an Old English toponym, a compound of heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow",[1]
While it can be used for males,[2] Hayley is most commonly a female given name. This use became popular due to child actress Hayley Mills (b. 1946), but the name was not used with any frequency prior to the 1980s. Its popularity saw a sudden peak during the 1990s, but since the 2000s has again declined significantly.[1] Hayley is one of the top 1,500 female names in the US today.[3]
Women with this given name
Notable people with the given name Hayley, or variant spellings of it, include:
- Mary Hayley Bell (22 January 1911 – 1 December 2005), English actress, writer, dramatist
- Hayley Mills (b. 1946), English actress, daughter of Mary Hayley Bell
- Hayley Barr (b. 1971), American actress
- Hayley Tullett (b. 1973), Welsh runner
- Hayley Lewis (b. 1974), Australian swimmer
- Hayley Tamaddon (1977), English actress
- Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), Canadian ice hockey player
- Hayley Angel Wardle (b. 1983), English actress
- Hayley Atwell (b. 1982), English actress
- Hailey Duke (b. 1985), American skier
- Haylie Duff (b. 1985), American actress and singer
- Hayley Peirsol (b. 1985), American swimmer
- Hayley Westenra (b. 1987), New Zealand singer
- Hayley Williams (b. 1988), lead singer-songwriter from Paramore
- Hayley Kiyoko (b. 1991), American actress
- Haylee Wanstall (b. 1992), Canadian actress
- Hailey Clauson (b. 1995), American fashion model
- Hayley Okines (b. 1997), an English girl with the rare aging disease progeria, who is known for raising awareness of the condition.
- Hayley Petit (b. 1995 - d. 2007), American murder victim
Men with this given name
- Haley Barbour (born 1947), American politician
- Haley Joel Osment (born 1988), American actor
Fictional characters with this given name
- Hayley Cropper in the TV series Coronation Street
- Hayley Smith in the TV series American Dad!
- Hayley Smith in the TV series Home and Away
- Hayley Stark in the film Hard Candy
- Hayley Steele in the TV series The Troop
- Hayley Vaughan Santos in the TV series All My Children
- Haley James Scott in the TV series One Tree Hill
- Haley Dunphy in the TV series Modern Family
- Haley Brooks in the TV series Criminal Minds
- Hayley Marshall in the TV series The Originals
- Hailey Nichol in the TV series The O.C.
- Hayley Kaplan, a fictional character in the Android: Netrunner
See also
- Haley (surname)
- Halley (surname), similar but unrelated name which can have the same pronunciation
- Hailey (disambiguation)
- Halie, various characters in Greek mythology
- All pages beginning with "Haley"
- All pages beginning with "Hayley"
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Katie Martin-Doyle, The Treasury of Baby Names, Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. ISBN 978-1-903025-11-6
- ↑ Baby Name Guide
- ↑ Name Statistics