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What does Haley mean?

Haley Pronunciation of Haley as a girls' name (also used less commonly as boys' name Haley) is pronounced HAY-lee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Haley is "hay meadow". Variant of Hailey. The surname listed here as variants came into popular use as girl's names due to actress Hayley Mills.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ha-, -ley

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, meadow, surname

Variations

VARIANTS Hailee, Hailey, Halea, Haleigh, Haylee, Hayley, Haylie

RELATIONS VIA HAILEY, HAYLEY Haeley, Haelie, Haely, Hailea, Hailie, Haily, Halie, Hally, Haylea

MASCULINE FORM Halley

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Heley, ..

(male) Haday, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Haley Karmen (H.K.), ..

How popular is Haley?

Haley is a very prominent first name for women (#722 out of 4276, Top 17%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#869 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Haley entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its apex position of #28 in the U.S. in 2000, and is at #385 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Haley name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Haley outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Hailee (#874 FROM RECENT DATA), Hailey (#79), Hailie (#1908), Haily, Haleigh (#1636), Halie, Haylee (#666), Hayley (#633) and Haylie (#1712) are the prominent related forms of Haley (#385). Adoption of these forms of Haley reached its peak 2 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 1.28%) and has become much diminished since (ADOPTION 0.35%, 73%), with forms like Haley becoming less in vogue.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Haley, Hailee, Hailey, Hailie, Haily in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Haleigh, Halie, Haylee, Hayley, Haylie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Haley, Hailey, Hayley outside U.S.

Similar Names

Haley is pronounced similarly to Hala, Halah, Hali, Halia, Halley, Halli, Hallie, Helia, Hella, Hellee, Hilly, Hollee, Holley, Holli, Holly and Hollye. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Adley, Ailey, Aley, Alley, Arley, Bailey, Cacey, Cadey, Cailey, Caley, Calley, Carey, Carley, Catey, Cayley, Coley, Dacey, Hadee, Hadley, Hadly, Halle, Halma, Hany, Happy, Harlee, Harley, Harly, Hatsey, Hatsy, Hatty, Hedley, Helen, Hildy, Honey, Jacey, Jamey, Janey, Joley, Juley, Kacey, Kaeley, Kahley, Kaley, Kalley, Karley, Katey, Kayley, Kealey, Kiley, Kyley, Lacey, Ladey, Laney, Raley, Rawley, Riley, Tacey, Talley and Taney. These names tend to be less commonly used than Haley.

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