Hailey

Pronunciation: HAY-lee (key)

Origin of the name Hayley:

Transferred use of a Northern English surname derived from Hale or Hales (residing in a nook, recess, or remote valley). It has also been suggested that Hayley derives from the place-name Hailey, which is composed of the Old English elements hēg (hay) and lēah (wood, clearing, meadow).

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Hailey means:
Hero
Gender: Female
Origin: English

Gender Male/Female
also means; Hay Meadow
Origin: Old English

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Hayley Mills, actress (The Parent Trap)
Haley Joel Osment, actor
Alex Haley, author (Roots)
Hayley Williams, singer (Paramore)

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Aquamarine (Book and Movie)

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