Haleigh

Haleigh is a modern English feminine name functioning as an elaborated spelling variant of Hayley, which derives from a place name in West Yorkshire, England, combining the Old English elements hæg, meaning hay or hedged enclosure, and leah, meaning woodland clearing or meadow. The place-name origin gave rise to a surname before transitioning into widespread use as a given name, boosted in part by the popularity of British actress Hayley Mills in the 1960s. Haleigh represents one of several phonetic respellings of the name, alongside Haley, Haylee, and Hailee, that became fashionable in late twentieth-century English-speaking countries.