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Meaning

The name Hayley has the following meaning:

Functioned as a place name meaning "Hay meadow". It was however popularised and successfully brought to first name status by the famous actress Hayley Mills.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Hayley is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 211 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Hayley fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 42 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 422 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Hayley in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Hayley is pronounced as hay-lee

Origins

Hayley originates from the Old English language.
See other suggested Old English girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Hayley and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Hayley: Boys - Girls - Blossom, Brenda, Chelsea, Daisy, Eartha, Eda, Gilda, Holly, Hope, Both genders - Lindsay

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Hayley: Haeley, Haelie, Hailee (English), Hailey (English), Hailie (English), Haleigh (English), Haley (English), Halie, Halleigh, Hallie, Hally, Haylee (English), Hayleigh (English), Hayli, Haylie (English)

Style

We think the name Hayley should fall under the following style category: Short and Catchy.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Hayley to be: A spunky tomboy who is a bit of a rascal

In one word, you might describe Hayley as a(n) "spunky" person.

See other "spunky" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Hayley (or its variants) are:

Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills, born on 18 April, a famous actress. Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills's background: English actress. She acted in a series of Disney films when she was young, and was arguably the most popular child actress of her time, She shot to fame as the 'glad' girl Pollyanna in same title film, which earned her a special Oscar. Subsequently, she went on to star as twins in the original movie 'The Parent Trap'. She was presented with the prestigious Disney Legend award by The Walt Disney Company in 1998.
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