| Meaning: | hay clearing, hay meadow | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Haley in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | English |
| US 2011 rank: | #159 ... 157:Aria, 158:Valerie, 159:Haley, 160:Elena, 161:Catherine ... Full US 2011 list |
| Similarly written: | Hadley, Hailey, Harley, Harley, Hayley, Kaley, Alea, Alec, Alen, Alex Details |
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| Group info: About Hayley, the group of names with the same origin as Haley | | Meaning/translation: | hay clearing, hay meadow |
| Language of origin: | Old English |
| Info about origin: | from a family name which derives from a place name, probably Hailey in Oxfordshire in England, with the meaning hay clearing or hay meadow |
| | used as a given name only since around 1960 |
| Words: | heg = the hay (dry grass) Old English |
| | leah = the wood (in the sense of forest), the clearing (open place within a wood), the meadow Old English |
| Topics: | Family name, Geographic name |
| Variants' top ranks: | 19:Hayley England+Wales 1984, 19:Hailey USA 2010, 27:Haley USA 2000, 158:Halle Scotland 2011, 212:Haylee USA 2009, 297:Hallie USA 2000, 359:Hailee USA 2003, 372:Haleigh USA 2000, 422:Haylie USA 2007, 488:Hailie USA 2003 |
| Name variants: | Hailee, Hailey, Hailie, Haleigh, Haley, Hali, Halie, Halle, Hallie, Haylee, Hayleigh, Hayley, Haylie Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Haley | | Series | Rankings |
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| USA decades | 2000-2009 42, 1990-1999 49, 1980-1989 212 |
| USA yearly | 2011 159, 2010 154, 2009 123, 2008 101, 2007 76, 2006 75, 2005 54, 2004 42, 2003 34, 2002 35, 2001 35, 2000 27, 1999 32, 1998 35, 1997 31, 1996 30, 1995 32, 1994 36 |
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