Baby names
Haley
Definition
This is a surname meaning "hay field", now used as a first name. It owes its currency to the film actress Hayley Mills, who was named after her mother Mary Hayley Bell. The name caught the public's attention and has been very popular throughout the English-speaking world. Hayley is the usual spelling in the UK, followed by Hailey, but in the USA it is most usually Haley, with a wide range of other variants, some of which shade into versions of Halle. The name is currently well used in Scotland and Australia and very popular in the USA.
Sex
Girls
See Hayley
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