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♂ Halley
What does Halley mean?
Halley 
as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Halley) is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Halley is "meadow near the hall; holy". Different from the homonym Haley. Hallie is popular as a girl's name. Astronomer Edmund Halley.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, meadow, popular (famous)
Variations
OTHER FORMS VIA HALEY, HALLIE Hailey, Haily, Hallie▼, Hayley
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Halley Kaizer (H.K.), ..
How popular is Halley?
Halley is a rare first name for men but a very popular surname for both adults and children (#6432 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Haley and Hallie are the prominent variation forms of Halley (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) ranked in the Top 2000. These forms of Halley were popular as birth names a century ago (AVERAGE #1290), but now, the version Hallie has become somewhat outmoded. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Similar Names
Halley is alike in pronunciation to Hali, Hawley, Hawly, Hillie and Hilly. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alley, Baley, Baxley, Cailey, Caley, Colley, Dailey, Daley, Dalle, Dalles, Dawley, Earley, Farley, Gilley, Hadlea (see Hadley), Hadlee, Hadley, Hadly, Haglea (see Hagley), Haglee, Hagly, Halden, Hale, Halen, Hall, Hallam, Halle, Hallem, Hallsey (see Halsey), Hallsy, Halsey, Halver, Handley, Hanlee, Hanley, Hanly, Hardey, Harlea, Harlee, Harlen, Harley▼, Harly, Hartley, Harvey▼, Headley, Hedley, Heller, Henley, Hillel, Hiller, Hurley, Huxley▲, Kaley, Kayley, Kelley, Mallen, Mallery, Marley▲, Oakley▲, Olley, Paley, Radley, Rawley, Sulley, Tallen, Tulley, Vallen, Waller, Wally and Warley. These names tend to be more frequently used than Halley.
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