Hayley

English <dab> Alternative forms en Hailey Haley female name only en Hailie Haylee Hayleigh Haylie Hayle Etymology Localities in England, from en ang - ang hēg hay + ang lēah wood, clearing. Equivalent to en hay -leigh -ley en lea. Pronunciation en /ˈheɪli/ en eɪli 2 Proper noun An English placename. en habitational Old English. (More often spelled Haley.) en unisex surnames. en male surnames rare. en female surnames in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s. Usage notes The female name is usually spelled Haley or Hailey in the U.S., and it became popular later than in the UK. Quotations en 2000 w:Maureen Lipman Lip Reading Franz Steiner Verlag 1861053592 12 Just think of the explanation required one day for all those Kylies and Stings and Hayleys, for heaven's sake! ' Well, it doesn't mean anything, darling - it's from Hayley Mills. Well, she's an actress and her mother named her after her own maiden name. No, she was a writer, actually...Oh, shut up and be thankful I didn't call you Sigourney like your father wanted...' en 2007 Crissy Pagdett Kelly's Destiny: Closest Betrayal AuthorHouse 1434342549 98 I closed my eyes and listened to him saying the names."That is the one...Hayley Dawn Calvin. That is gorgeous and it fits perfect.""I like it too, it sounds good." References Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988. Social Security Administration: given name statistics in the USA FreeBMD : given name statistics in England and Wales Further reading en Hayley (given name) en Hayley (surname) en unisex given names