Etymology

Hailey

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Today it means: A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Hayley. Full definition →

Old English hīeġ
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhīeġ“hay”
  2. English todayHailey

From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhīeġ all →

hayHaydon

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