Haley is an English surname. It is based on a place name derived from

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow",Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. The surname Haley was found in County Sligo (Irish: Sligeach), in the province of Connacht in Northwestern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times. The original form of Haley is ''O hEalaighthe'', which is derived from the word "ealadhach," which means "ingenious." Another Gaelic form of the surname is ''O hEilidhe'', which is derived from the word "eilidhe," which means "claimant". Variant spellings include Heily, Hailey, Hayley, and Healy. The given name

Hayley Hayley (pronounced ) is an English given name. It is derived from the English surname Haley, which in turn was based on an Old English toponym, a compound of ''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow".Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of B ...

(which has many variant spellings) was derived from it. The family name Haley is also a variant spelling of the anglicized Irish

Healy (surname) The English-language surname Healy is in use by three separate ancestral lines of people from Ireland. When Irish people began to anglicise their names, two separate clans adopted the English-language surname of "Healy". There was the Ó hÉilidh ...

People with the surname Haley

Alex Haley Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book '' Roots: The Saga of an American Family.'' ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and ...

(1921–1992), African American writer * Andrew Haley (born 1974), Canadian Paralympic swimmer * Andrew Gallagher Haley (1904–1966), American lawyer. *

Bill Haley William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-sel ...

(1925–1981), American rock and roll musician * Boyd Haley (born 1940), professor at the University of Kentucky *

Brian Haley Brian Carlo Haley (born February 12, 1963) is an American actor and comedian. His stand-up act is characterized by playing his all-American looks against manic outbursts and absurd situations. As an actor, he may be best known for his roles as Vee ...

(born 1963), American actor and stand-up comedian *

Cameron Hayley Cameron Hayley (born July 21, 1996) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series, driving the No. 7 Ford Fusion for Jefferson Pitts Racing. Hayley won the K&N Pro Serie ...

(born 1996), Canadian racing driver *

Carol Anne Haley Carol Anne Haley (born 27 January 1972) is a Canadian politician, who represented the district of Burin-Grand Bank in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2015 until 2021. Haley was elected in the 2015 provincial election.

(born 1972), Canadian politician *

Charles Haley Charles Lewis Haley (born January 6, 1964) is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers (1986–1991, 1998–1999) and Dallas Cowboys (1992–1996). Haley began his caree ...

(born 1964), American football linebacker * Dan Haley (1940–2013), American football coach *

Dennis Haley Dennis Sean Haley (born February 18, 1982) is an American former professional football linebacker. He most recently played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was originally signed by the New York Jets of the National Foo ...

(born 1982), linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens * Ed Haley (1885–1951), American musician *

George Haley George T. Haley is an American author and academic, currently a tenured professor of industrial and international marketing at the University of New Haven in the US state of Connecticut. He is also the director of the Center for International I ...

, American author and academic * George W. Haley (1925–2015), American attorney, diplomat, and policy expert * Gina Haley (born 1975), American singer-songwriter *

Graham Haley Graham Haley is a best New York Times best-selling author and TV show host known for his series '' Haley’s Hints''. Since its launch, the show has expanded from Canada to the United States to South America to Europe to Asia, and to Africa. ...

, African Canadian comedian *

Grant Haley (American football) Grant Haley (born January 6, 1996) is an American professional football cornerback. He played college football at Penn State. Haley is best known for returning the blocked field goal against the then undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes for a game-wi ...

(born 1979), American football player *

Harold Haley Harold Joseph Haley (November 14, 1904 – August 7, 1970) was an American judge. He was a Superior Court judge in Marin County, California. He was taken hostage in his courtroom, along with several others, during the course of a trial, and was k ...

(1904–1970), murdered Californian judge *

Harold Haley (rugby league) Harold Haley (birth unknown – death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, as a .David Smart & Andrew Howard ( ...

, rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s *

Harry Hayley Harry Hayley (22 February 1860 – 3 June 1922) was an English rugby union footballer for Yorkshire, St. John's Training College, York (1880–81), and Wakefield Trinity, and first-class cricketer, who played seven matches for Yorkshire Cou ...

(1860–1922), English cricketer *

Jack Haley John Joseph Haley Jr. (August 10, 1898 – June 6, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. He was best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 193 ...

(1897–1979), American film actor *

Jack Haley (basketball) Jack Kevin Haley (January 27, 1964 – March 16, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'10" forward/ center from Huntington Beach High School and UCLA, Haley spent nine seasons (1988–1992; 1993–1998) in the Nat ...

(1964–2015), American basketball player *

Jack Haley Jr. John Joseph Haley III (October 25, 1933 – April 21, 2001), known as Jack Haley Jr., was an American director, producer, and writer, and a two-time Emmy Award recipient. His credits include directing the 1974 compilation film ''That's Entertainm ...

(1933–2001), American film director, producer and writer *

Jackie Earle Haley Jack Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961) is an American actor and director. His earliest roles included Moocher in '' Breaking Away'' (1979) and Kelly Leak in '' The Bad News Bears'' (1976), '' The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training'' (1977) and '' ...

(born 1961), American actor * James A. Haley (1899–1981), U.S. Representative from Florida * James Haley (born 1985), English rugby league footballer * James Haley, 19th century baseball player * James L. Haley, American author of Texas history and fiction *

Jay Haley Jay Douglas Haley (July 19, 1923 – February 13, 2007) was one of the founding figures of Problem-solving brief therapy and family therapy in general and of the strategic model of psychotherapy, and he was one of the more accomplished teachers, ...

(1923–2007), American clinician *

Karen Hayley Karen Hayley is a British actress and writer. She has performed with the writers John Cooper Clarke and Suede vocalist Brett Anderson. As a writer, her work has been showcased at the Rotterdam International Poetry Festival (representing Great B ...

, British actress *

Ken Haley Ken Haley (born 1954 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian author and journalist who became paraplegic in 1991. Haley's books include: ''Emails from the Edge,'' ''Europe at 2.4 km/hour'', and ''The One That Got Away''. He has written for publica ...

, Australian author and journalist * Kevin Haley (born 1964), American murderer * K. H. D. Haley (1920–1997), British historian *

Margaret Haley Margaret A. Haley (November 15, 1861 – January 5, 1939) was a teacher, unionist, and Georgist land value tax activist, who was dubbed the "lady labor slugger". Haley was the first business representative of the Chicago Teachers Federation ...

(1861–1939), former leader of the

Chicago Teachers Federation The Chicago Teachers' Federation was a teachers union in Chicago, Illinois, that was founded in 1897. It is considered a predecessor of today's Chicago Teachers Union. History The Chicago Teachers' Federation (CTF) was an organization of women ...

* Mary Hayley (1728–1808), English businesswoman * Matt Haley (born 1970), comic book artist * Michael Haley (rugby league) (born 1987), English rugby league footballer *

Michael Haley (soldier) William Michael Haley (born February 7, 1970) is an American businessman and commissioned officer in the South Carolina Army National Guard who served as the first gentleman of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017. He was the first to hold the posi ...

, Major in the South Carolina National Guard and former First Gentlemen of South Carolina *

Micheal Haley Micheal Haley (born March 30, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played for the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, San Jose Sharks, and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League (NHL). Hayley ...

(born 1986), ice hockey player *

Mike Haley (rugby union) Michael Patrick Haley (born 28 June 1994) is an English-born, Irish-qualified rugby union player who plays as a Rugby union positions#Full-back, fullback for United Rugby Championship club Munster Rugby, Munster. Club career Sale Sharks Hale ...

(born 1994), Irish rugby union footballer *

Mike Hayley Mike Hayley is a British actor, comedian, impressionist and writer. He starred alongside Susie Blake, Caroline Leddy, James Gaddas, Mike Doyle in the BBC's sketch show, ''Something for the Weekend'' (1989) and Shane Richie, David Schneider, Su ...

, British actor *

Nikki Haley Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley (''née'' Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from Ja ...

(born 1972), American Republican politician and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations *

Paige Haley Orgy is an American industrial rock band formed in 1997, from Los Angeles, California. They have described their music as "death pop". The band is best known for their cover version of the New Order song " Blue Monday", and their original song " ...

(born 1966), American bass guitarist *

Paul Haley II Paul Haley II (born January 20, 1988) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Korn Ferry Tour. Haley played college golf at Georgia Tech. In his senior season, he won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship. He turned professional ...

(born 1988), American golfer *

Roddie Haley Roddie Haley (December 6, 1964 – February 17, 2022) was an American sprinter. Biography Haley ran on the American 4 × 400 m relay team at the 1987 Pan American Games and 1987 World Championships, winning gold medals at both events. He also fi ...

(1964–2022), American sprinter * Russell Haley (1934–2016), New Zealand poet, short story writer and novelist *

Shay Haley Sheldon "Shay" Haley (born December 18, 1975), also known as Shade, is an American musician. He is a member of the rock and hip-hop band N.E.R.D., alongside Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. His role in the band is often questioned, but in a 20 ...

(born 1975), African American musician * Thomas Alphonso Hayley (1780–1800), English sculptor, son of William Hayley (1745–1820) *

Todd Haley Richard Todd Haley (born February 28, 1967) is an American football coach who most recently was head coach for the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (USFL). From 1997 to 2006, he had stints as the wide receivers coach of th ...

(born 1967), Head Coach, Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League *

Usha Haley Usha C. V. Haley is an American author and academic, currently W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair of International Business and Professor of Management at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University in the U.S. state of Kans ...

, Indian-born American author and academic *

William Haley Sir William John Haley, KCMG (24 May 1901 – 6 September 1987) was a British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator. Biography Haley grew up on the island of Jersey and attended Victoria College. In 1918 he began to study journa ...

(1901–1987), British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator *

William Hayley William Hayley (9 November 174512 November 1820) was an English writer, best known as the biographer of his friend William Cowper. Biography Born at Chichester, he was sent to Eton in 1757, and to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1762; his connec ...

(1745–1820), English writer *

William Hayley (priest) William Hayley (1683–1715) of Cleobury Mortimer, Salop was a Church of England priest and dean of Chichester Cathedral. Education Hayley matriculated at the age of 15 and went on to become a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was awarded ...

(1683–1715), dean of Chichester Cathedral and great-uncle of William Hayley (1745–1820)

Fictional characters with the surname

* Mr. Haley, in the novel ''

Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two Volume (bibliography), volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans ...

'' * Lauren Haley, a character in the TV series ''Supergirl''

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