# Hayley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈheɪli/ · frequency rank #17,377

## Definitions
1. An English placename.
2. A habitational surname from Old English. (More often spelled Haley.)
3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
4. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Localities in England, from Old English hēg (“hay”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hay + -ley (“lea”).

## Easily confused with
- **Hoyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayley-vs-hoyle)
- **hurley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayley-vs-hurley)
- **henley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayley-vs-henley)
- **Huxley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayley-vs-huxley)
- **Healey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayley-vs-healey)
- **Holley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayley-vs-holley)
- **hale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hayley)
- **haye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haye-vs-hayley)
- **Hayes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayes-vs-hayley)
- **Haley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haley-vs-hayley)
- **Halle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halle-vs-hayley)
- **Hales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hales-vs-hayley)
- **Halen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halen-vs-hayley)
- **Harvey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harvey-vs-hayley)
- **Harley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harley-vs-hayley)
- **hamlet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamlet-vs-hayley)
- **Harlem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlem-vs-hayley)
- **Hayden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayden-vs-hayley)
- **hailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hailed-vs-hayley)
- **Hadley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hadley-vs-hayley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahyley`, `halyey`, `hayely`, `hayleyy`, `haylley`, `haylye`, `hayyley`, `hhayley`, `hyaley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hayley