Haley

English

Etymology

Variant of Hayley, from Old English. Literally, “hay field”

Proper noun

Haley (countable and uncountable, plural Haleys)

1. A surname from Old English, variant of Hayley, a common spelling variant of Hayley.
   • 2023 April 11 [2023 April 10], Sarah Elbeshbishi, “Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley slams Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis in campaign letter”, in USA Today‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 April 2023:

     Former United Nations ambassador and current GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley slammed fellow Republicans former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday in a campaign letter highlighting Haley’s first quarter accomplishments.

2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Hayley
   1. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Hayley, popular in the US in the 1990s and the 2000s.
      • 2008, Sabrina Bryan, Julia DeVillers, Princess of Gossip, page 307:

        “Their fauxmance?” I asked. “What are you talking about?"
        “Fake romance,” Lee said. “Haley and Kevin are both Monica's clients. She had them fake-date for publicity. And it worked, their pictures are everywhere.”
        […]
        My head was whirling. I'd been set up to take that picture. Haley and Kevin were only fake-dating and I'd broken their fauxmance on Princess of Gossip. And it hit me. Princess of Gossip was based on a lie.

   2. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Hayley.
3. A placename; Any of several places in the U.S. and Canada named after persons with the surname.
   1. A number of places in Canada
   2. A number of places in the United States

Anagrams

• Hayle, Healy, Lahey, Leahy