Haley (pronounced ) is an

English given name English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family ...

, which may be either male or female. It is derived from the English surname Haley, which in turn was based on an

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

toponym Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...

, a compound of ''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow".Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005.

Women

Haley Anderson Haley Danita Anderson (born November 20, 1991) is an American competitive swimmer who is an Olympic silver medalist. She placed second in the 10-kilometer open water event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Anderson's older sister, Alyssa ...

(born 1991), American swimmer *

Haley Augello Haley Augello is an American freestyle wrestler who competed at the 2016 Olympics. She is a 2013 graduate of Lockport Township High School. She won two college national championships for King University. In 2016 Augello won the American trial ...

, American wrestler *

Haley Batten Haley Batten (born September 19, 1998) is an American cross-country and mountain bike cyclist. From Park City, Utah, Batten studied at Quest University, Canada. Batten won national titles as a junior and another at U23 level, and won a U23 Wor ...

(born 1998), American cyclist *

Haley Bennett Haley Loraine Keeling (born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Haley Bennett, is an American actress. She made her film debut in the romantic comedy '' Music and Lyrics'' (2007) and has since appeared in films such as '' The Equalizer'' ( ...

(born 1988), American actress *

Haley Bishop Haley Bishop is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter best known for her roles in films such as ''Host'' (2020), ''Angel Has Fallen'' (2019), and the horror short ''Dawn of the Deaf'' (2016). Early life and education Bishop was rais ...

, American actress * Haley Black (born 1996), Canadian swimmer *

Haley Bracken Haley Bracken is an Australian model and television personality. She is married to former cricketer Nathan Bracken. She and her husband competed against each other on Australia's ''Dancing with the Stars'', where Haley and partner Aric Yegudkin fin ...

, Australian model and television personality * Haley Bugeja (born 2004), Maltese footballer * Haley Carter (born 1984), American soccer player *

Haley Cavinder Haley Cavinder is an American Internet celebrity, social media personality and college basketball player for the Miami Hurricanes women's basketball, Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). She began her college career at Fresno ...

(born 2001), American basketball player and internet personality *

Hayley Chan Hayley Victoria Chan (, Chan Hei-man, born 10 January 1991 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong windsurfer, who specialised in Neil Pryde RS:X class. She captured a silver medal in windsurfing at the 2010 Asian Games, and later represented Hong Kong ...

(born 1991), Hong Kong windsurfer *

Haley Cope Haley Cope (born April 11, 1979), also known by her married name Haley Clark, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. She won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, eight world champions ...

(born 1979), American swimmer, also known as Haley Clark *

Haley Daniels Haley Daniels (born 14 December 1990) is a Canadian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2010. Daniels started canoeing at age 6 and competing at age 12 in Calgary. She made her senior international debut in 2008 a ...

(born 1990), Canadian canoeist *

Haley de Jong Haley de Jong (born January 18, 2001) is a Canadian artistic gymnast and the 2018 Pacific Rim Uneven Bars champion. Early life Haley de Jong was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2001. Gymnastics career Junior 2013–2015 De Jong ...

(born 2001), Canadian gymnast * Haley Eckerman (born 1992), American volleyball player and coach * Haley Elizabeth Garwood (born 1940), American historical novelist * Haley Gomez (née Morgan) (born 1979), Welsh Professor of Astrophysics *

Haley Gorecki Haley Marie Gorecki (born on November 13, 1996) is an American basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of La Liga Feminina. She played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Gorecki was selected to third team All-American by the U.S. Ba ...

(born 1996), American basketball player *

Haley Hanson Haley Jean McCutcheon (; born February 22, 1996) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She has previously played for Houston Dash of the NWSL and for Melbourne Victo ...

(born 1996), American soccer player *

Haley Hayden Haley Hayden (born June 19, 1995) is an American former collegiate softball player. She played college softball for Louisiana. Career She attended West Monroe High School and she later attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette playing as ...

(born 1995), American softball player * Haley Heynderickx (born 1993), American singer-songwriter *

Haley Hudson Haley Kaye Hudson (born June 14, 1986) is an American actress. She began her career at age 16 after being cast in Disney's remake of ''Freaky Friday'' opposite Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. Hudson played the role of Peg, a member of the roc ...

(born 1986), American actress *

Haley Irwin Haley Lyn Irwin (born June 6, 1988) is a Canadian ice hockey player. She was a member of the 2009–10 Hockey Canada national women's team and played for the Calgary Inferno and Montreal Stars of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and pla ...

(born 1986), American actress *

Haley Ishimatsu Haley Ishimatsu (born September 10, 1992 in Bellflower, California) is an American platform diver. Personal life Ishimatsu is a fourth-generation Japanese American. Her older sister Victoria "Tory" Ishimatsu is also a competitive diver, and ...

(born 1992), American platform diver *

Haley Joelle Haley Joelle Intile-Epstein (born October 5, 1999), also known as Haley Joelle, is an American songwriter and singer who started getting recognition on TikTok TikTok, known in China as Douyin (), is a short-form video hosting service owne ...

(born 1999), American songwriter * Haley Johnson (born 1981), American biathlete *

Haley Jones Haley Jones (born May 23, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played her American collegiate basketball for the Stanford Cardinal women's basket ...

(born 2001), American basketball player *

Haley Kalil Haley Baylee Kalil (née O'Brien; born August 6, 1992) is an American model. In 2018, Kalil was featured in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' as a contestant in the first ever ''Sports Illustrated'' Swim Search. As one of the two winners ...

(née O'Brien; born 1992), American model *

Haley Kopmeyer Haley Judith Kopmeyer (born June 28, 1990) is an American soccer goalkeeper who last played for Orlando Pride of the NWSL. She previously played for Seattle Reign of the NWSL, Brisbane Roar and Canberra United of the Australian W-League and ...

(born 1990), American soccer player * Haley Mack (born 1998), American ice hockey player *

Haley McCallum Haley McCallum (born 1983), professionally known as Haley and formerly Haley Bonar, is a Canadian-born American singer and songwriter who was raised in Rapid City, South Dakota. She has lived in Duluth and currently St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2009, s ...

(born 1983), also known simply as Haley, Canadian-American musician *

Haley McCormick Haley McCormick (born October 7, 1985) is an American film and television actress. Filmography * 2010 – '' Slow Moe'' * 2005 – '' Urban Legends: Bloody Mary'' * 2004 – ''Halloweentown High'' * 2002 – ''Everwood'' * 2001 – '' Littl ...

(born 1985), American actress *

Haley McGee Haley McGee is a Canadian actress, writer and comedian based in London. McGee is best known for her role as Dorothy Skerritt, the personal assistant to Nikola Tesla in the '' Doctor Who'' episode ''Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror''. She is also kno ...

, Canadian actress and comedian * Haley McGregor, Australian runner *

Haley Mendez Haley Mendez (born 16 August 1993, in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8, ...

(born 1993), American squash player * Haley Cruse Mitchell (born 1999), American softball player *

Haley Moore Haley Nicole Moore (born November 24, 1998) is an American professional golfer. Early life and junior golf Moore was born in Crystal Lake, Illinois and attended San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California where she was a member of the golf ...

(born 1998), American golfer *

Haley Morris-Cafiero Haley Morris-Cafiero (born 1976) is an American photographer, Associate Professor of Photography and Acting Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Memphis College of Art. Her series "Wait Watchers", in which she photographs the reactions of ...

(born 1976), American photographer * Haley Moss, American attorney, artist, author, and advocate *

Haley Nemra Haley Nicole Nemra (born October 4, 1989) is an American-born Marshallese track athlete from Marysville, Washington. She was the first woman to represent the Marshall Islands at the Olympics. She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Oly ...

(born 1989), American-born Marshallese track athlete *

Haley Peters Haley Peters (born September 17, 1992) is an American professional women's basketball forward. She was undrafted in the 2014 WNBA Draft, but has signed with three separate teams in her career. College career Before coming to Duke, Peters was a ...

(born 1992), American professional women's basketball player *

Haley Pullos Haley Alexis Pullos (born July 10, 1998) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Molly Lansing-Davis in the American daytime soap opera ''General Hospital''. She also plays Bella in The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia. Life an ...

(born 1998), American actress *

Haley Ramm Haley Michelle Ramm (born March 26, 1992) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Jen Long in the police procedural series ''Without a Trace'' (2007–2008), Brenna Carver in the ABC Family drama ''Chasing Life'' (2014–2015), a ...

(born 1992), American actress *

Haley Reinhart Haley Elizabeth Reinhart (born September 9, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter and actress from Wheeling, Illinois. She first rose to prominence after placing third in the 10th season of ''American Idol''. In July 2011, Reinhart signed a re ...

(born 1990), American singer, songwriter and voice actress *

Haley Lu Richardson Haley Lu Richardson (born March 7, 1995) is an American actress. Following early television roles on the Disney Channel sitcom ''Shake It Up'' (2013) and the ABC Family supernatural drama '' Ravenswood'' (2013–2014), she acted in the coming-o ...

(born 1995), American actress *

Haley Sales Haley Sales (born December 26, 1996) is a Canadian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Nikolas Wamsteeker, she is the 2020 Bavarian Open bronze medallist and 2018 Lake Placid Ice Dance International bronze medallist. The two placed 9th at the ...

(born 1996), Canadian ice dancer *

Haley Scarnato Haley Suzanne Scarnato (born June 15, 1982) is an American singer who was the 8th-place finalist on the sixth season of ''American Idol''. Early years Scarnato was born in San Antonio, Texas to Rose and Anthony Scarnato. She was a young gymnast b ...

(born 1982), American Idol season 6 contestant * Haley Schwan, American ballet dancer *

Haley Skarupa Haley Rae Skarupa (born January 3, 1994) is an American ice hockey player with the PWHPA and the American national team. Playing career After graduating from high school, Skarupa joined Boston College, where both her parents had studied. Acros ...

(born 1994), American ice hockey player *

Haley Smith Haley Smith (born 22 November 1993) is a Canadian racing cyclist. She competed in the women's cross-country event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as ...

(born 1993), Canadian racing cyclist *

Haley Stevens Haley Maria Stevens (born June 24, 1983) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Stevens is the member–elect for the redrawn 11th district in the 2022 election, having de ...

(born 1983), American politician * Haley Strode (born 1987), American actress * Haley Tanner (born 1982), American writer *

Haley Tju Haley Alexandra Tju () (born February 15, 2001) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Pepper in the Nickelodeon television series ''Bella and the Bulldogs'', and Marcy Wu in the Disney animated television series ''Amphibia''. Early ...

(born 2001), American actress *

Haley Webb Haley Webb is an American actress and filmmaker. She acts primarily in film and television and is the founder of the production company Legion of Horribles. Webb's most recent work includes independent films Netflix “Killer Cove”, '' Sugar ...

(born 1985), American actress and filmmaker

Men

Haley Barbour Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as the 63rd governor of Mississippi from 2004 to 2012. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as chairman of the Republican ...

(born 1947), American attorney, politician, and lobbyist, former Governor of Mississippi *

Haley Fiske Haley Fiske (March 18, 1852 – March 4, 1929) was an American lawyer who served as President of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Early life Fiske was born on March 18, 1852, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was a son of William Henry Fisk ...

(1852–1929), American lawyer *

Haley Joel Osment Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor and voice actor. Beginning his career as a child actor, Osment's role in the comedy-drama film '' Forrest Gump'' (1994) won him a Young Artist Award. His breakthrough came with the psyc ...

(born 1988), American actor

Fictional characters

* Haley Booth in the TV series ''

Ackley Bridge ''Ackley Bridge'' is a British comedy-drama series set in a multicultural academy school of the same name. The series is filmed in Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdal ...

'' * Haley Brooks in the TV series ''

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis (writer), Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was r ...

'' *

Haley Dunphy ''Modern Family'' is an American TV comedy series revolving around three families interrelated through Jay Pritchett, his son Mitchell Pritchett, and his daughter Claire Dunphy. The families meet for family functions (usually around their three ...

in the TV series ''

Modern Family ''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of thr ...

'' * Haley Keller in the film ''

Crawl Crawl, The Crawl, or crawling may refer to: Biology * Crawling (human), any of several types of human quadrupedal gait * Limbless locomotion, the movement of limbless animals over the ground * Undulatory locomotion, a type of motion characterize ...

'' *

Hayley Marshall '' The Originals'' is an American fantasy-drama television series picked up by The CW television network for their fall 2013 schedule, after a backdoor pilot for the series aired as an episode of The CW series ''The Vampire Diaries'' in April ...

in the TV series '' The Originals'' *

Haley James Scott ''One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which then became the broadcaster for the show in the United States. Schwahn served as ...

in the TV series ''

One Tree Hill One Tree Hill may refer to: * "One Tree Hill" (song), a 1987 song by U2 referencing One Tree Hill, New Zealand volcanic peak * ''One Tree Hill'' (TV series), a 2003–2012 American drama series named for the U2 song ** ''One Tree Hill'' (soundtr ...

'' * Haley Starshine in the webcomic ''

The Order of the Stick ''The Order of the Stick'' (''OOTS'') is a comedic webcomic that satirizes tabletop role-playing games and medieval fantasy. The comic is written and drawn by Rich Burlew, who illustrates the comic in a stick figure style. Taking place in a mag ...

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