The story
- Middle English · inherited fromhay“enclosure”
- Old English · inherited fromhæs“brushwood”
- English todayHayes
*As an English locational surname, from Old English hæs (“brushwood”) (see hris) and Middle English hay (“enclosure”), heye. *As an Irish surname, from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishhay all →
hayhayer
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.