Hailey

Hailey is an English surname transferred to use as a given name, derived from a place name meaning hay clearing in Old English, from heg meaning hay and leah meaning woodland clearing. It gained widespread popularity as a feminine given name in the English-speaking world during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The name exists in numerous spelling variants, including Haley, Hayley, Hayleigh, and Haleigh, with Hayley having been notably borne by British actress Hayley Mills, whose fame in the 1960s helped popularize the name.