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 (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 Hayley Elizabeth Atwell (born 5 April 1982) is a British and American actress. Born and raised in London, Atwell studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and made her stage debut in a 2005 production of James Kerr's translation ...

(b. 1982), English actress *

Hailey Baptiste Hailey Baptiste (born November 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. Career On the junior tour, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 on January 29, 2018. She ended runner-up at the US Open junior doubles tournament in 2018. ...

(b. 2001), American tennis player *

Hayley Barr Hayley Barr (born April 27, 1971) is an American actress. Hayley is known for several soap opera roles and as playing herself in ''Looking for Richard''. She has had three (3) Soap Opera Digest ''Soap Opera Digest'' is a weekly magazine cover ...

(b. 1971), American actress *

Mary Hayley Bell Mary Hayley Bell, Lady Mills (22 January 1911 – 1 December 2005) was an English actress and writer, married for 64 years to actor Sir John Mills. Her novel '' Whistle Down the Wind'' was adapted as a film, starring her teenaged daughter, ...

(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 Hailey Rhode Bieber (; born November 22, 1996) is an American model, media personality, and socialite. She has been featured in major ads for Guess, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger. Early life and family Hailey Rhode Baldwin was born in Tu ...

(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 li ...

(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, whom she featured with on his ''Festival Song'', 360, Gotye and supp ...

(b. 1987), Australian nu-soul singer *

Hailey Danz Hailey Danz (née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth ce ...

(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 Hailie Rochelle Deegan (born July 18, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 13 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. Deegan is currently a Ford Perfor ...

(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 Haylie Katherine Duff (born February 19, 1985) is an American actress, singer and songwriter, and the older sister of American singer and actress Hilary Duff. She is best known for her roles as List of 7th Heaven characters#Sandy Jameson, Sandy ...

(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 ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, ...

(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 ...

(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 Rancho or Ranchos may refer to: Settlements ...

(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 S ...

(b. 1983), American wrestler * Hailey Hernandez (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 S ...

(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 revival of coming-of-age one-actstage musical ''Once on This Island'', a performance for which the 19 ...

(b. 1999), American actress and singer *

Hailey Kinsel Hailey Kinsel (born October 3, 1994), also formerly known by her married name Hailey Kinsel Lockwood, is a four-time World Barrel Racing Champion. Kinsel won the title in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 at the National Finals Rodeo. She has also won ...

(b. 1994), American barrel racer *

Hayley Kiyoko Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft (born April 3, 1991) is an American singer, dancer and actress. As a child model and actress, she appeared in a variety of films including ''Scooby-Doo!'' film series (2009–2010), '' Lemonade Mouth'' (2011), '' Blue Lagoon ...

(b. 1991), American singer and actress *

Hailey Kops Hailey Esther Kops ( he, היילי קופס; born June 1, 2002) is an American-born Israeli pair skater. With former partner Evgeni Krasnopolski, she competed for Israel at the 2022 Winter Olympics. With her former partner, Artem Tsoglin, she ...

(b. 2002), Israeli pair skater * Hailey Langland (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 (b. 1995), American-Filipino footballer * Halie Loren (b. 1984), American singer-songwriter *

Hailie Mace Hailie Jenae Mace (born March 24, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League. She debuted for the United States women's national soccer team in 2018. E ...

(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 (b. 1995), American actress * Hayley Mills (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 grou ...

(b. 1994), American singer and actress * Haylee Outteridge, Australian sailor * 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 Hayley Proctor (b. 1970), American geology professor, science communicator and spaceflight participant *

Hayley Raso Hayley Emma Raso (born 5 September 1994) is an Australian Association football, soccer player, who plays as a winger (association football), winger for Manchester City W.F.C., Manchester City in the in the FA WSL, FA Women's Super League and t ...

(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 Hayley Jayne Sproull (born 1989) is a New Zealand comedian, actor, scriptwriter, television show host and radio show co-host. She is the host of ''The Great Kiwi Bake Off'' and the New Zealand edition of ''Have You Been Paying Attention?''. Bio ...

(b. 1989), New Zealand comedian * Hailee Steinfeld (b. 1996) American actress * Hailey Swirbul (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 I ...

(b. 1977), English actress * Halie Tiplady-Hurring (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 (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 Hayley Wickenheiser (born August 12, 1978) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, resident physician and assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to play full-time professional men’s hockey in a positio ...

(1978), Canadian ice hockey player * Hayley Williams (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 (b. 1988), nicknamed ''Haylee'', Korean Go player

Fictional characters with this given name

Hayley Cropper Hayley Cropper (also Hayley Patterson) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Julie Hesmondhalgh. The character first appeared in the episode first broadcast on 26 January 1998. Hayley was the ...

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 ''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 ...

'' * 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 ''Power Rangers Ninja Steel'' is the twenty-fourth season of the television program '' Power Rangers''. The season was produced primarily using footage, costumes, and props from Japanese 39th Super Sentai series '' Shuriken Sentai Ninninger'' ...

'' * 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 '' The O.C.'' is an American Television series created by Josh Schwartz for the FOX Network in 2003. Schwartz serves as executive producer while also writing and directing for the show, including the premieres and finales of all seasons. The ...

in the TV series ''

The O.C. ''The O.C. '' is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz that originally aired on the Fox network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. "O.C." is an initiali ...

'' * Hailey Ruthledge in ''

Mozart in the Jungle ''Mozart in the Jungle'' is an American comedy-drama streaming television series developed by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Alex Timbers, and Paul Weitz for the video-on-demand service Amazon Prime Video. It received a production order in M ...

'' * 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 201 ...

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 ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' is the twelfth season of the television series, ''Power Rangers''. This in ...

'' * Hailey in the TV series ''

The Other Kingdom ''The Other Kingdom'' is a fantasy sitcom created by Thomas W. Lynch that aired on Nickelodeon from April 10, 2016 to June 19, 2016. The series stars Esther Zynn, Callan Potter, Celina Martin, Taylor Adams, and Josette Halpert. Plot Fairy Pri ...

'' * 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 ...

'' * Hailey, a character from Pit People

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