Hayley (pronounced ) is an English given name. 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, 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 United States, 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, American author * Hayley Arceneaux (b. 1991), American physician assistant, bone cancer survivor and spaceflight participant * Hailey Armstrong (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 (b. 1978), Australian equestrian * Hailey Bieber (b. 1996), American model, media personality, and socialite * Hailey Clauson (b. 1995), American fashion model * Hailey Colborn (b. 2000), American beauty pageant titleholder * Hailey Cramer (b. 1987), Australian nu-soul singer * Hailey Danz (b. 1991), American paratriathlete * Hailey Dawson (b. 2010), American girl with 3D-printed robotic hand * Hailie Deegan (b. 2001), American racing driver * Hailey Duff (b. 1997), Scottish curler * Haylie Duff (b. 1985), American actress and singer * Hailey Duke (b. 1985), American skier * Hali Flickinger (b. 1994), American swimmer * Hailey Gates, American model, actress, director, and journalist * Hailey Harbison (b. 1996), American soccer player * Hailey Hatred (b. 1983), American wrestler * Hailey Hernandez (b. 2003), American diver * Hayley Angel Holt (b. 1983), English actress * Hailey Kilgore (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 (b. 2000), American snowboarder * Hayley Lewis (b. 1974), Australian swimmer * Hali Long (b. 1995), American-Filipino footballer * Halie Loren (b. 1984), American singer-songwriter * Hailie Mace (b. 1997), American soccer player * Hayley Mackey (born 2001), is a New Zealand judoka * Hailey McCann (b. 1995), American actress *

(b. 1946), English actress, daughter of Mary Hayley Bell * Hayley Faith Negrin (b. 2003), American child voice actress * Hayley Okines (1997–2015), English girl with rare aging disease * Hayley Orrantia (b. 1994), American singer and actress * Haylee Outteridge, Australian sailor * Murder of Hailey Owens, Hailey Owens (2003–2014), American murder victim * Haylee Partridge (b. 1981), New Zealand cricketer * Hayley Peirsol (b. 1985), American swimmer * Hayley Petit (1989–2007), American murder victim * Sian Proctor, Sian Hayley Proctor (b. 1970), American geology professor, science communicator and spaceflight participant * Hayley Raso (b. 1994), Australian footballer * Haylee Roderick (b. 1990), American dancer, model, and actress * Hailie Sahar (b. 1988), American actress * Hayley Silver-Holmes (b. 2003), Australian cricketer * Hayley Sproull (b. 1989), New Zealand comedian * Hailee Steinfeld (b. 1996) American actress * Hailey Swirbul (b. 1998), American cross-country skier * Hayley Tamaddon (b. 1977), English actress * Halie Tiplady-Hurring (b. 1986), New Zealand rugby union player * Hailey Tuck (b. 1990), American singer * Hayley Tullett (b. 1973), Welsh runner * Hailey Van Lith (b. 2001), American basketball player * Hayley Westenra (b. 1987), New Zealand singer * Hailey Whitters (b. 1989), American singer-songwriter * Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), Canadian ice hockey player * Hayley Williams (b. 1988), American lead singer-songwriter from Paramore * Lee Ha-jin (b. 1988), nicknamed ''Haylee'', Korean Go player

Fictional characters with this given name

* Hayley Cropper in the TV series ''Coronation Street'' * Hailey Dean, titular character in the Hailey Dean Mysteries, 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'' * List of Power Rangers Ninja Steel characters#Hayley Foster, 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 in the TV series ''The Originals (TV series), The Originals'' * Hailey Nichol in the TV series ''The O.C.'' * Hailey Ruthledge in ''Mozart in the Jungle'' * Hayley Smith (American Dad!), Hayley Smith in the TV series ''American Dad!'' * Hayley Smith (Home and Away), Hayley Smith in the TV series ''Home and Away'' * Hayley Stark in the film ''Hard Candy (film), Hard Candy'' * Hayley Steele in the TV series ''The Troop'' * Hailey Upton in the TV series ''List_of_Chicago_P.D._characters#Hailey_Upton, Chicago P.D.'' * Hayley Vaughan Santos in the TV series ''All My Children'' * 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'' book franchise * Hayley Haller in the TV series ''The Lincoln Lawyer'' * Hailey, a character from Pit People

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