Haley is an English surname. It is based on a place name derived from

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 ...

''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow",Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. The surname Haley was found in County Sligo (Irish: Sligeach), in the province of Connacht in Northwestern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times. The original form of Haley is ''O hEalaighthe'', which is derived from the word "ealadhach," which means "ingenious." Another Gaelic form of the surname is ''O hEilidhe'', which is derived from the word "eilidhe," which means "claimant". Variant spellings include Heily, Hailey, Hayley, and Healy. The given name

Hayley Hayley (pronounced ) is an English given name. It is derived from the English surname Haley (surname), Haley, which in turn was based on an Old English toponym, a compound of ''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow".Katie Martin-Doyle, '' ...

(which has many variant spellings) was derived from it. The family name Haley is also a variant spelling of the anglicized Irish

Healy (surname) The English-language surname Healy is in use by three separate ancestral lines of people from Ireland. When Irish people began to anglicise their names, two separate clans adopted the English-language surname of "Healy". There was the Ó hÉilidh ...

People with the surname Haley

Alex Haley Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book '' Roots: The Saga of an American Family.'' ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and a ...

(1921-1992), African American writer *

Andrew Haley Andrew Haley (born 16 January 1974) is a retired Canadian Paralympic swimmer who competed in international level events. He was a three-time World champion, five-time Paralympic medalist and a Commonwealth champion. At six years old, Haley bro ...

(born 1974), Canadian Paralympic swimmer * Andrew Gallagher Haley (1904-1966), American lawyer. *

Bill Haley William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-sel ...

(1925-1981), American rock and roll musician *

Boyd Haley Boyd Eugene Haley (born September 22, 1940, Greensburg, Indiana) is a retired professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky. Education and career A native of Greensburg, Indiana, Haley graduated from its New Point High School in 1959. Four ...

(born 1940), professor at the University of Kentucky *

Brian Haley Brian Carlo Haley (born February 12, 1963) is an American actor and comedian. His stand-up act is characterized by playing his all-American looks against manic outbursts and absurd situations. As an actor, he may be best known for his roles as Vee ...

(born 1963), American actor and stand-up comedian *

Cameron Hayley Cameron Hayley (born July 21, 1996) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series, driving the No. 7 Ford Fusion for Jefferson Pitts Racing. Hayley won the K&N Pro Seri ...

(born 1996), Canadian racing driver *

Carol Anne Haley Carol Anne Haley (born 27 January 1972) is a Canadian politician, who represented the district of Burin-Grand Bank in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2015 until 2021. Haley was elected in the 2015 provincial election.

(born 1972), Canadian politician *

Charles Haley Charles Lewis Haley (born January 6, 1964) is a former American football outside linebacker and defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers (1986–1991, 1999) and the Dallas Cowboys (1992–1996). ...

(born 1964), American football linebacker *

Dennis Haley Dennis Haley (born February 18, 1982, in Roanoke, Virginia) is a former gridiron football linebacker. He most recently played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was originally signed by the New York Jets of the National Football ...

(born 1982), linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens *

Ed Haley James Edward "Ed" Haley (August 16, 1885February 3, 1951) was a blind professional American musician and composer best known for his fiddle playing. Biography Ed Haley was born on August 16, 1885, on the Trace Fork of Harts Creek in Logan Count ...

(1885-1951), American musician *

George Haley George T. Haley is an American author and academic, currently a tenured professor of industrial and international marketing at the University of New Haven in the US state of Connecticut. He is also the director of the Center for International In ...

, American author and academic *

George W. Haley George Williford Boyce Haley (August 28, 1925 – May 13, 2015) was an American attorney, diplomat and policy expert who served under seven presidential administrations. He was one of two younger brothers to the Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Haley ...

(1925-2015), American attorney, diplomat, and policy expert *

Gina Haley Linda Georgina (Gina) Haley (born April 23, 1975, in Mexico) is an American singer-songwriter. Haley is the youngest child of rock and roll pioneer Bill Haley from his marriage to his last wife, Martha; she grew up in Harlingen, and she was on ...

(born 1975), American singer-songwriter *

Graham Haley Graham Haley is a best New York Times best-selling author and TV show host known for his series '' Haley’s Hints''. Since its launch, the show has expanded from Canada to the United States to South America to Europe to Asia, and to Africa. ...

, African Canadian comedian * Grant Haley (born 1979), American football player *

Harold Haley Harold Joseph Haley (November 14, 1904 – August 7, 1970) was an American judge. He was a Superior Court judge in Marin County, California. He was taken hostage in his courtroom, along with several others, during the course of a trial, and was k ...

(1904-1970), murdered Californian judge *

Harold Haley (rugby league) Harold Haley (birth unknown – death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford ( Heritage No. 123), as a , i.e. num ...

, rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s *

Harry Hayley Harry Hayley (22 February 1860 – 3 June 1922) was an English rugby union footballer for Yorkshire, St. John's Training College, York (1880–81), and Wakefield Trinity (were a rugby union club at the time, so no Heritage № is allocated) ...

(1860–1922), English cricketer *

Jack Haley John Joseph Haley Jr. (August 10, 1897 – June 6, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer and vaudevillian. He was best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 1939 Metro-G ...

(1897-1979), American film actor *

Jack Haley (basketball) Jack Kevin Haley (January 27, 1964 – March 16, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. Early life and education Haley was the son of noted surfing pioneer Jack Haley, Sr. A 6'10" forward/center from Huntington Beach High Sch ...

(1964-2015), American basketball player *

Jack Haley Jr. John Joseph Haley III (October 25, 1933 – April 21, 2001), known as Jack Haley Jr., was an American director, producer and writer, and a two-time recipient of the Emmy Award. His credits include directing the 1974 compilation film ''That's Ent ...

(1933-2001), American film director, producer and writer *

Jackie Earle Haley Jack Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961) is an American actor and director. His earliest roles included Moocher in ''Breaking Away'' (1979) and Kelly Leak in ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976), ''The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training'' (1977) and ''The ...

(born 1961), American actor *

James A. Haley James Andrew Haley (January 4, 1899 – August 6, 1981) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Florida. Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the Univer ...

(1899–1981), U.S. Representative from Florida *

J. Evetts Haley ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...

(1901–1995), American political activist, historian and author * James Haley (born 1985), English rugby league footballer * James Haley, 19th century baseball player *

James L. Haley James L. Haley is an American author who has written numerous books on Texas and Western history, as well as several novels. Haley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, attended L. D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas, and graduated from the University ...

, American author of Texas history and fiction *

Jay Haley Jay Douglas Haley (July 19, 1923 – February 13, 2007) was one of the founding figures of brief and family therapy in general and of the strategic model of psychotherapy, and he was one of the more accomplished teachers, clinical supervisors, and ...

(1923-2007), American clinician *

Karen Hayley Karen Hayley is a British actress and writer. She has performed with the writers John Cooper Clarke and Suede (band), Suede vocalist Brett Anderson. As a writer, her work has been showcased at The Rotterdam International Poetry Festival (repres ...

, British actress * K. H. D. Haley (1920-1997), British historian *

Margaret Haley Margaret A. Haley (November 15, 1861 – January 5, 1939) was a teacher, unionist, and Georgist land value tax activist,Arnesen, Eric. Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-class History. New York: Routledge, 2007. who was dubbed the "lady ...

(1861-1939), former leader of the

Chicago Teachers Federation The Chicago Teachers Federation was a teachers union in Chicago Illinois that was founded in 1897. It is considered a predecessor of today's Chicago Teachers Union. History The Chicago Teachers Federation was an organization of women elementar ...

* Mary Hayley (1728–1808), English businesswoman *

Matt Haley Matt Haley (born June 10, 1970) is an American film director, art director and book illustrator artist. He was the art director of Morgan Spurlock's ''Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope'' feature documentary, which debuted at the 2010 Toronto Inte ...

(born 1970), comic book artist *

Michael Haley (rugby league) Michael Haley (born 19 September 1987) is an English former rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He has played at representative level for Ireland national rugby league team, Ireland, and at club level for the Leeds Rhin ...

(born 1987), English rugby league footballer * Michael Haley (soldier), Major in the South Carolina National Guard and former First Gentlemen of South Carolina *

Micheal Haley Micheal Haley (born March 30, 1986) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward. He played for the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, San Jose Sharks, and Ottawa Senators in the Nati ...

(born 1986), ice hockey player *

Mike Haley (rugby union) Michael Patrick Haley (born 28 June 1994) is an English-born, Irish-qualified professional rugby union player, currently playing for Irish province Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup and the Ireland nati ...

(born 1994), Irish rugby union footballer *

Mike Hayley Mike Hayley is a British actor, comedian, impressionist and writer. He starred alongside Susie Blake, Caroline Leddy, James Gaddas, Mike Doyle (comedian) in the BBC's sketch show, ''Something for the Weekend'' (1989) and Shane Richie, David Schne ...

, British actor *

Nikki Haley Nimrata Nikki Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American diplomat and politician who served as the 116th and first female governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, and as the 29th United States ambassador to the United Na ...

(born 1972), American Republican politician and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations *

Paige Haley Paige Haley (born May 10, 1966) is an American musician and record producer. Born and raised in Alameda, California, as Brad Armstrong. He is close friends with Jay Gordon, another member of their band Orgy. He used to paint houses for a liv ...

(born 1966), American bass guitarist with the band

Orgy In modern usage, an orgy is a sex party consisting of at least five members where guests freely engage in open and unrestrained sexual activity or group sex. Swingers' parties do not always conform to this designation, because at many swing ...

Paul Haley II Paul Haley II (born January 20, 1988) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Korn Ferry Tour. Haley played college golf at Georgia Tech. In his senior season, he won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship. He turned professional ...

(born 1988), American golfer * Roddie Haley (1964–2022), American athlete *

Shay Haley Sheldon "Shay" Haley (born December 18, 1975), also known as Shade, is an American drummer, rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a member of the funk rock band N*E*R*D, alongside fellow Virginia musicians Pharrell Williams and ...

(born 1975), African American musician *

Thomas Alphonso Hayley Thomas Alphonso Hayley (5 October 1780 – 2 May 1800) was an English sculptor. Life Hayley, the natural son of William Hayley, was born in 1780, and showed in 1794 signs of a love for sculpture. He was encouraged to learn drawing by Joseph Wrigh ...

(1780–1800), English sculptor, son of William Hayley (1745–1820) *

Todd Haley Richard Todd Haley (born February 28, 1967) is an American football coach who is the current head coach and general manager for the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (USFL). From 1997 to 2006, he had stints as the wide rece ...

(born 1967), Head Coach, Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League *

Usha Haley Usha C. V. Haley is an American author and academic, currently W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair of International Business and Professor of Management at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University in the U.S. state of Kans ...

, Indian-born American author and academic *

William Haley Sir William John Haley, KCMG (24 May 1901 – 6 September 1987) was a British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator. Biography Haley grew up on the island of Jersey and attended Victoria College. In 1918 he began to study journa ...

(1901-1987), British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator *

William Hayley William Hayley (9 November 174512 November 1820) was an English writer, best known as the biographer of his friend William Cowper. Biography Born at Chichester, he was sent to Eton College, Eton in 1757, and to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 176 ...

(1745–1820), English writer *

William Hayley (priest) William Hayley (1683–1715) of Cleobury Mortimer, Salop was a Church of England priest and dean of Chichester Cathedral. Education Hayley matriculated at the age of 15 and went on to become a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was awarded ...

(1683–1715), dean of Chichester Cathedral and great-uncle of William Hayley (1745–1820)

Fictional People with the surname Hayley

Lauren Haley ''Supergirl'' is an American television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler, and Andrew Kreisberg based on the characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in the Superman franchise and Al Plastino and Otto Binder's character Supe ...

, a character in the TV series ''Supergirl''

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