Hayley

//ˈheɪli// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English placename.
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English. (More often spelled Haley.)
  3. 3
    A unisex given name transferred from the surname.; A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
  4. 4
    A unisex given name transferred from the surname.; A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Etymology

Localities in England, from Old English hēg (“hay”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hay + -ley (“lea”).

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