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What does Haley mean?
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.
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)
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.
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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