Hayley (pronounced ) is an

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. It is derived from the English surname Haley, which in turn was based on an

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, a compound of ''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow".Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. While it can be used for males, Hayley is most commonly a female given name. This use became popular following the surge to prominence of child actress

Hayley Mills Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising ...

(b. 1946), but the name was not used with any frequency prior to the 1980s. Its popularity peaked in the 1980s and early 1990s in the UK and (along with variants such as Haley and Hailey) in the 1990s and 2000s in the US, but since the 2000s has again declined significantly. Hayley is one of the top 1,500 female names in the US today.Name Statistics
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Women with this given name

Notable people with the given name Hayley, or variant spellings of it, include: *

Hailey Abbott Hailey Abbott is an American author of teenage romance novels. She grew up in southern California where she split her time between creative writing and the beach. She now lives in New York City. Her first book was ''Summer Boys'', published in 200 ...

, American author *

Hayley Arceneaux Hayley Arceneaux (born December 4, 1991) is a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant and commercial astronaut. She joined billionaire Jared Isaacman on SpaceX's first private spaceflight Inspiration4, which launched on Septemb ...

(b. 1991), American physician assistant, bone cancer survivor and spaceflight participant *

Hailey Armstrong Hailey Breyanne Armstrong (born March 8, 1996) is a Canadian curler from Carleton Place, Ontario. She currently skips her own team out of Waterloo, Ontario. Career After winning the 2017 Ontario Junior Curling Championships, Armstrong compete ...

(b. 1996), Canadian curler * Hayley Atwell (b. 1982), English actress * Hailey Baptiste (b. 2001), American tennis player * Hayley Barr (b. 1971), American actress * Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005), English actress, writer, dramatist *

Hayley Beresford Hayley Beresford (born 26 June 1978 in Kellerberin, Western Australia) is an Australian Equestrianism, equestrian. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing 2008 Olympics in the Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual dre ...

(b. 1978), Australian equestrian * Hailey Bieber (b. 1996), American model, media personality, and socialite *

Hailey Clauson Hailey Michele Clauson (born March 7, 1995) is an American model. In 2016, she was one of three separate cover stars of the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''. Career Clauson was discovered on an open casting call in Los Angeles, of which F ...

(b. 1995), American fashion model *

Hailey Colborn Hailey Colborn (born October 10, 2000) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2018. She is the second entrant from Kansas to win the title after Keylee Sue Sanders won Miss Teen USA 1995. Life and career Early lif ...

(b. 2000), American beauty pageant titleholder *

Hailey Cramer Hailey Cramer (born 1987) is an Australian nu-soul singer from Melbourne, Australia. Cramer has worked with other prolific Australian and international artists, including Pez (musician), Pez, whom she featured with on his ''Festival Song'', 360, ...

(b. 1987), Australian nu-soul singer * Hailey Danz (b. 1991), American paratriathlete *

Hailey Dawson Hailey Dawson (born March 2, 2010) is an American girl who is the first person to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums. Born with Poland syndrome, she is missing three fingers on her right hand and has an ...

(b. 2010), American girl with 3D-printed robotic hand * Hailie Deegan (b. 2001), American racing driver *

Hailey Duff Hailey Caitlin Rose Duff (born 24 January 1997) is a Scottish curler from Forfar. She is the 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling. At the international level, she is a curler, playing lead for skip Eve Muirhead. At the national level, ...

(b. 1997), Scottish curler * Haylie Duff (b. 1985), American actress and singer *

Hailey Duke Hailey Duke (born September 17, 1985, in Sun Valley, Idaho) is an alpine skier who skied for the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her original athletic interest was taekwondo, but she later began focusing more on ski racing in her teens. ...

(b. 1985), American skier *

Hali Flickinger Hali Flickinger (born July 7, 1994) is an American professional swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. She represents the Cali Condors of the International Swimming League. Flickinger qualified for the 201 ...

(b. 1994), American swimmer *

Hailey Gates Hailey Gates is an American model, actress, director, and journalist. She hosted the Viceland series ''States of Undress''. Early life Gates grew up in the Los Angeles area, where her family has resided for seven generations. Career ''The Paris Re ...

, American model, actress, director, and journalist *

Hailey Harbison Hailey Hinkley (; born October 3, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender. Early life Hinkley was born in San Diego, California and raised in the Rancho Peñasquitos neighborhood. She played for the DMCV Sharks ...

(b. 1996), American soccer player *

Hailey Hatred Angel Katherine Reece (born November 4, 1983) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Hailey Hatred. Originally debuting in July 2002, Hatred worked for several years for various promotions in both the United St ...

(b. 1983), American wrestler *

Hailey Hernandez Hailey Rosanne Hernandez (born March 23, 2003) is a female diving (sport), diver from the United States. Personal life Hernandez graduated from Southlake Carroll High School in 2021 and will attend the University of Texas, where she plans to ma ...

(b. 2003), American diver *

Hayley Angel Holt Hayley Angel Holt is an actress born in London, England. Early life Holt spent the formative years of her childhood growing up in the South Bank area. She was originally brought up in Southwark, and educated at the Grey Coat Hospital in Sloane Sq ...

(b. 1983), English actress *

Hailey Kilgore Hailey Frances Kilgore (born February 16, 1999) is an American actress and singer. Kilgore's breakthrough role was as Ti Moune in the Broadway theatre, Broadway revival of List of coming-of-age stories, coming-of-age One-act play, one-actMusical ...

(b. 1999), American actress and singer * Hailey Kinsel (b. 1994), American barrel racer * Hayley Kiyoko (b. 1991), American singer and actress * Hailey Kops (b. 2002), Israeli pair skater *

Hailey Langland Hailey Langland (born August 2, 2000) is an American snowboarder who won a bronze medal in slopestyle at Winter X Games XX. Langland made her first Olympic appearance at age 17 representing the United States at the Winter Olympics, United States ...

(b. 2000), American snowboarder *

Hayley Lewis Hayley (pronounced ) is an English given name. It is derived from the English 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, ''The Treasury of ...

(b. 1974), Australian swimmer *

Hali Long Hali Moriah Candido Long (born January 21, 1995) is a footballer who plays as a center back. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines women's national team. Early life and education Hali Long was born in Cape Girardeau, Misso ...

(b. 1995), American-Filipino footballer *

Halie Loren Halie Loren (born Oct 23, 1984) is an American jazz singer and songwriter from Sitka, Alaska. Her albums have reached number one on the Billboard Japan Top 20 Jazz Albums chart. Career Albums Halie Loren's recordings are distributed by JV ...

(b. 1984), American singer-songwriter *

Hailie Mace Hailie Jenae Mace (born March 24, 1997) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League. She debuted for the Un ...

(b. 1997), American soccer player *

Hayley Mackey Hayley Mackey (born 4 May 2001) is a New Zealand judoka. In 2022, Mackey won a bronze medal at the Tunis Open. She has been selected to represent New Zealand at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known ...

(born 2001), is a New Zealand judoka *

Hailey McCann Hailey McCann (born October 3, 1995) is a former American child actor, active from 2003 to 2009. McCann was born in Riverside, California, one of four children, having two sisters and a brother. She played her first role in the 2003 short film ...

(b. 1995), American actress *

(b. 1946), English actress, daughter of Mary Hayley Bell *

Hayley Faith Negrin Hayley Faith Negrin (born April 9, 2003) is an American actress, best known for her voice work on the PBS Kids television series ''Peg + Cat''. Born in New York City, Negrin now resides in Weston, Connecticut, with her family. A performer sin ...

(b. 2003), American child voice actress *

Hayley Okines Hayley Leanne Okines (3 December 1997 – 2 April 2015) was an English author and activist who was a sufferer of the extremely rare aging disease progeria. She was known for spreading awareness of the condition. Although the average life e ...

(1997–2015), English girl with rare aging disease *

Hayley Orrantia Sarah Hayley Orrantia (born February 21, 1994) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for portraying Erica Goldberg on the ABC comedy series '' The Goldbergs''. She was a member of Lakoda Rayne, a country pop girl group ...

(b. 1994), American singer and actress *

Haylee Outteridge Haylee Outteridge is an Australian Sailing (sport), sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie. Haylee, (together with her brother Nathan Outteridge, Nathan) campaigned for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the mixed Nacra 17 class. Career World Cham ...

, Australian sailor * Hailey Owens (2003–2014), American murder victim *

Haylee Partridge Haylee Joanne Partridge (born 3 April 1981 in Lower Hutt) is a New Zealand cricketer who played 21 State League The Hallyburton Johnstone Shield is the premier domestic women's one-day cricket competition in New Zealand. The tournament beg ...

(b. 1981), New Zealand cricketer *

Hayley Peirsol Hayley Reide Peirsol (born August 9, 1985) is an American former distance swimming (sport), swimmer. She swam under Dave Salo with Irvine Novaquatics prior to attending Auburn University. While at Auburn, Peirsol trained under David Marsh (swimmi ...

(b. 1985), American swimmer *

Hayley Petit On July 23, 2007, Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky invaded the residence of the Petit family in Cheshire, Connecticut. Though initially planning only to rob the house, she and Komisarjevsky murdered Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daught ...

(1989–2007), American murder victim * Sian Hayley Proctor (b. 1970), American geology professor, science communicator and spaceflight participant *

Hayley Raso Hayley Emma Raso (born 5 September 1994) is an Australian soccer player, who plays as a winger for Manchester City in the in the FA Women's Super League and the Australian national team. Her previous team was Everton, from whom she was rel ...

(b. 1994), Australian footballer *

Haylee Roderick Haylee Roderick is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. Career Roderick is a professional dancer and choreographer. She has received extensive training in classical and contemporary ballet, jazz, and hip-hop at the acclaimed Center S ...

(b. 1990), American dancer, model, and actress *

Hailie Sahar Hailie Sahar (born July 12, 1988) is an American actress. She is known for her performance as Lulu Abundance, later co-founder of the House of Ferocity in the TV series, ''Pose''. Early life Sahar's father was a preacher in a Baptist church and ...

(b. 1988), American actress *

Hayley Silver-Holmes Hayley Imogen Silver-Holmes (born 18 August 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm Fast bowling, medium Bowling (cricket), bowler and right-handed Batting (cricket), batter. She plays for the Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket ...

(b. 2003), Australian cricketer * Hayley Sproull (b. 1989), New Zealand comedian *

Hailee Steinfeld Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Hailee Steinfeld, various accolades, including a Peabody Award, and nominations for an Academy Award ...

(b. 1996) American actress *

Hailey Swirbul Hailey Swirbul (born 10 July 1998) is an American, former cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. On 13 December 2020, she clinched her first podium in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup by finishing third in the 10 km freestyle rac ...

(b. 1998), American cross-country skier *

Hayley Tamaddon Hayley Soraya Tamaddon (born 24 January 1977) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the ITV soap operas as Del Dingle in ''Emmerdale'' and Andrea Beckett in ''Coronation Street''. Tamaddon won the fifth series of ''Dancing on Ic ...

(b. 1977), English actress *

Halie Tiplady-Hurring Halie Tiplady-Hurring (born 27 February 1986) is a female rugby union player. She represents and Otago Rugby Football Union, Otago. She was a member of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squad and has been named in the 2014 Women's Rugby W ...

(b. 1986), New Zealand rugby union player *

Hailey Tuck Hailey Tuck (born April 25, 1990) is an alt-jazz singer from Austin, Texas. Career Inspired by 1920s silent film actress and dancer Louise Brooks, Tuck moved to Paris, France at the age of eighteen after dropping out of a Baptist military boar ...

(b. 1990), American singer *

Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett (née Parry, born 17 February 1973) is a Welsh former middle distance runner who mainly competed over 1500 metres. She won a bronze medal in the 1500m final at the 2003 World Championships. She also competed for Great Britain in t ...

(b. 1973), Welsh runner *

Hailey Van Lith Hailey Van Lith (born September 9, 2001) is an American basketball player for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). She previously played for the Louisville Cardinals. At Cashmere High School in Cashmere, Washington, Van Lith was r ...

(b. 2001), American basketball player *

Hayley Westenra Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987) is a New Zealand classical crossover singer and songwriter. Her first internationally released album, ''Pure'', reached number one on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million c ...

(b. 1987), New Zealand singer *

Hailey Whitters Hailey Faith Whitters (born September 9, 1989) is an American country musician originally from Shueyville, Iowa. Songwriting and music career Whitters has written songs for Little Big Town and Alan Jackson, and has written with Lori McKenna. ...

(b. 1989), American singer-songwriter * Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), Canadian ice hockey player *

Hayley Williams Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and businesswoman who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Paramore. Born and raised in Missi ...

(b. 1988), American lead singer-songwriter from

Paramore Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro. Williams and Farro are founding members of the group, whil ...

Lee Ha-jin Lee Ha-jin ( ko, 이하진; born 21 June 1988; known as ''Haylee'' on YouTube) is a retired professional Go (game), Go player from South Korea. From July 2014 to 2016, she served as Secretary General of the International Go Federation. She is no ...

(b. 1988), nicknamed ''Haylee'', Korean Go player

Fictional characters with this given name

* Hayley Cropper in the TV series ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'' * Hailey Dean, titular character in the mystery series of the same name * Hayley Dunphy in the TV series '' Modern Family'' * Hayley Ferguson in the episode ''Freak the Freak Out'' on the American teen sitcom ''

Victorious ''Victorious'' (stylized as ''VICTORiOUS'') is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider (TV producer), Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon, debuting on March 27, 2010, and concluding on February 2, 2013 after four seasons. Th ...

'' * Hayley Foster in '' Power Rangers Ninja Steel'' * Hayley Kaplan in the game '' Android: Netrunner'' * Hayley Long in the animated series '' American Dragon: Jake Long'' *

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'' * Hailey Nichol in the TV series '' The O.C.'' * Hailey Ruthledge in '' Mozart in the Jungle'' * Hayley Smith in the TV series ''

American Dad! ''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Since 2014, the series has been airing new episodes on TBS. ''American Dad!'' is the first television ...

'' * Hayley Smith in the TV series ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...

'' * Hayley Stark in the film ''

Hard Candy A hard candy (American English), or boiled sweet (British English), is a sugar candy prepared from one or more sugar-based syrups that is heated to a temperature of 160 °C (320 °F) to make candy. Among the many hard candy varietie ...

'' * Hayley Steele in the TV series ''

The Troop ''The Troop'' is an action-comedy television series about a trio of teenagers who fight and capture monsters and other supernatural phenomena that invade the fictional town of Lakewood. Created and executive produced by Max Burnett, Greg Cooli ...

'' * Hailey Upton in the TV series ''

Chicago P.D. The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the City Council. It is the second-largest municipal police department in the United States, behind th ...

'' *

Hayley Vaughan Santos Hayley Vaughan is a fictional character from the American ABC soap opera, ''All My Children''. She was portrayed by actress Kelly Ripa from November 22, 1990 to December 18, 2002. Ripa returned to the role briefly for two episodes in January 2010 f ...

in the TV series ''

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...

'' * Hayley Ziktor in '' Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' * Hailey in the TV series '' The Other Kingdom'' * Hayley the Rain Fairy, a character from the ''

Rainbow Magic ''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number of ...

'' book franchise * Hayley Haller in the TV series ''

The Lincoln Lawyer ''The Lincoln Lawyer'' is a 2005 novel, the 16th by American crime writer Michael Connelly. It introduces Los Angeles attorney Mickey Haller, half-brother of Connelly's mainstay character Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. It was adapted as a ...

'' * Hailey, a character from

Pit People ''Pit People'' is an action role-playing strategy video game by indie game developer The Behemoth. An early access version for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One was released in January 2017 and the full version was released March 2018. Developmen ...

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