Hayley (pronounced ) is an

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. It is derived from the English surname Haley, which in turn was based on an

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, a compound of ''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow".Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. While it can be used for males, Hayley is most commonly a female given name. This use became popular following the surge to prominence of child actress

Hayley Mills Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promisi ...

(b. 1946), but the name was not used with any frequency prior to the 1980s. Its popularity peaked in the 1980s and early 1990s in the UK and (along with variants such as Haley and Hailey) in the 1990s and 2000s in the US, but since the 2000s has again declined significantly. Hayley is one of the top 1,500 female names in the US today.

Women with this given name

Notable people with the given name Hayley, or variant spellings of it, include: * Hailey Abbott, American author *

Hayley Arceneaux Hayley Arceneaux (born December 4, 1991) is an American physician assistant and commercial astronaut. She joined billionaire Jared Isaacman on SpaceX's first private spaceflight Inspiration4, which launched on September 16, 2021, 00:02:56 UTC, a ...

(b. 1991), American physician assistant, bone cancer survivor and spaceflight participant *

Hailey Armstrong Hailey Breyanne Armstrong (born March 8, 1996) is a Canadian curler from Carleton Place, Ontario. She currently skips her own team out of Toronto, Ontario. Career After winning the 2017 Ontario Junior Curling Championships, Armstrong competed ...

(b. 1996), Canadian curler *

Hayley Atwell Hayley Elizabeth Atwell (born 5 April 1982) is an English and American actress. After appearing in various West End productions, Atwell gained popularity for her roles in period dramas, appearing in the films ''Brideshead Revisited'' (2008), '' ...

(b. 1982), English actress *

Hailey Baptiste Hailey Baptiste (born November 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 70 on 19 May 2025. She has won one WTA Tour and two WTA Challenger Tour doubles titles. Her highest doubles rank ...

(b. 2001), American tennis player *

Hayley Barr Hayley Barr (born April 27, 1971) is an Austrian-Australian actress and photographer. She is best known for playing the role of Courtney Baxter Dixon on the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'' from 1990 to 1993. She received three Soap Opera D ...

(b. 1971), American actress *

Mary Hayley Bell Mary Hayley Bell, Lady Mills (22 January 1911 – 1 December 2005) was an English actress and writer, married for 64 years to actor Sir John Mills. Her novel '' Whistle Down the Wind'' was adapted as a film, starring her teenaged daughter, ...

(1911–2005), English actress, writer, dramatist *

Hayley Beresford Hayley Beresford (born 26 June 1978 in Kellerberin, Western Australia) is an Australian equestrian. She competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in the individual and the team dressage events. Riding Relampago do Retiro, she finished in 19th pla ...

(b. 1978), Australian equestrian *

Hailey Bieber Hailey Rhode Bieber (nee Baldwin; born November 22, 1996) is an American model, socialite, creative director and businesswoman. She is the founder and chief creative officer of her namesake skin care company Rhode, and has featured in campaign ...

(b. 1996), American model, media personality, and socialite *

Hailey Clauson Hailey Michele Clauson (born March 7, 1995) is an American model. In 2016, she was one of three separate cover stars of the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''. Career Clauson was discovered on an open casting call in Los Angeles, Ford Model ...

(b. 1995), American fashion model *

Hailey Colborn Hailey Colborn (born October 10, 2000) is an American writer, blogger, formally beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2018. She is the second entrant from Kansas to win the title after Keylee Sue Sanders won Miss Teen USA 1995. Life and ca ...

(b. 2000), American beauty pageant titleholder *

Hailey Cramer Hailey Cramer (born 1987) is an Australian nu-soul singer from Melbourne, Australia. Cramer has worked with other prolific Australian and international artists, including Pez, whom she featured with on his ''Festival Song'', 360, Gotye and supp ...

(b. 1987), Australian nu-soul singer *

Hailey Danz Hailey Danz (née: Danisewicz, born January 9, 1991) is an American paratriathlete. She won the gold medal in the women's PTS2 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France. In 2016, she won the silver medal in the women's PT2 eve ...

(b. 1991), American paratriathlete *

Hailey Dawson Hailey Dawson (born March 2, 2010) is an American girl who is the first person to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums. Born with Poland syndrome, she is missing three fingers on her right hand and has an ...

(b. 2010), American girl with 3D-printed robotic hand *

Hailie Deegan Hailie Rochelle Deegan (born July 18, 2001) is an American professional auto racing, racing driver who competes in the 2025 Indy NXT driving for HMD Motorsports. She is best known for competing in NASCAR stock car racing, last driving the No. 15 ...

(b. 2001), American racing driver *

Hailey Duff Hailey Caitlin Rose Duff (born 24 January 1997) is a Scottish curler from Forfar. She is the 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling. At the international level, she is a , playing lead for skip Eve Muirhead. At the national level, she is ...

(b. 1997), Scottish curler *

Haylie Duff Haylie Katherine Duff (born February 19, 1985) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Sandy Jameson in the television series '' 7th Heaven'', Amy Sanders in ''Lizzie McGuire'' and Summer Wheatly in ''Napoleon Dyn ...

(b. 1985), American actress and singer *

Hailey Duke Hailey Duke (born September 17, 1985, in Sun Valley, Idaho) is an alpine skier who skied for the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her original athletic interest was taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat spo ...

(b. 1985), American skier * Hayley Elsaesser, Canadian fashion designer *

Hali Flickinger Hali Flickinger (born July 7, 1994) is a retired American swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. She represents the Cali Condors of the International Swimming League. Flickinger qualified for the 2016 Sum ...

(b. 1994), American swimmer * Hailey Gates, American model, actress, director, and journalist *

Hailey Harbison Hailey Hinkley (; born October 3, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender. Early life Hinkley was born in San Diego, California and raised in the Rancho Peñasquitos Rancho or Ranchos may refer to: Settlement ...

(b. 1996), American soccer player *

Hailey Hatred Angel Katherine Reece (born November 4, 1983) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Hailey Hatred. Originally debuting in July 2002, Hatred worked for several years for various promotions in both the United ...

(b. 1983), American wrestler * Hailey Hernandez (b. 2003), American diver * Hayley Angel Holt (b. 1983), English actress *

Hailey Kilgore Hailey Frances Kilgore is an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough role was as Ti Moune in the Broadway revival of coming-of-age one-act stage musical '' Once on This Island'', a performance for which the 19-year-old was nominated for ...

(b. 1999), American actress and singer *

Hailey Kinsel Hailey Kinsel (born October 3, 1994), is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing and competes in the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). She won the WPRA barrel-racing world championship in 2018, 2019 ...

(b. 1994), American barrel racer *

Hayley Kiyoko Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft (born April 3, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and author. As a child model and actress, she appeared in a variety of films, including '' Lemonade Mouth'' (2011), '' Jem and the Holograms'' (2015), '' Insidi ...

(b. 1991), American singer and actress * Hailey Kops (b. 2002), Israeli pair skater *

Hailey Langland Hailey Langland (born August 2, 2000) is an American snowboarder who won a bronze medal in slopestyle at Winter X Games XX. Langland made her first Olympic appearance at age 17 representing the United States in big air and slopestyle at the 201 ...

(b. 2000), American snowboarder *

Hayley Lewis Hayley Jane Lewis, OAM (born 2 March 1974), is an Australian former competitive swimmer best known for winning five gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old. Lewis is a former host of ''The Biggest Lo ...

(b. 1974), Australian swimmer *

Hali Long Hali Moriah Candido Long (born January 21, 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a center-back and captains PFF Women's League club Kaya–Iloilo and the Philippines national team. Early life and education Hali Long was born in Ca ...

(b. 1995), American-Filipino footballer * Halie Loren (b. 1984), American singer-songwriter * Hailie Mace (b. 1997), American soccer player * Hayley Mackey (born 2001), is a New Zealand judoka. *

Hayley Matthews Hayley Kristen Matthews (born 19 March 1998) is a Barbadian sportswoman. She plays international cricket for the West Indies and Mumbai Indians as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She plays domestic cricket ...

(born, 1998), Barbados and West Indies cricket player * Hailey McCann (b. 1995), American actress *

(b. 1946), English actress, daughter of Mary Hayley Bell * Hayley Faith Negrin (b. 2003), American child voice actress *

Hayley Okines Hayley Leanne Okines (3 December 1997 – 2 April 2015) was an English author and activist who was a sufferer of the extremely rare aging disease progeria. She was known for spreading awareness of the condition. Although the life expectanc ...

(1997–2015), English girl with rare aging disease *

Hayley Orrantia Sarah Hayley Orrantia (born February 21, 1994) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for portraying Erica Goldberg on the ABC comedy series '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–2023). She had previously been a member of Lakoda Ra ...

(b. 1994), American singer and actress * Haylee Outteridge, Australian sailor * Hailey Owens (2003–2014), American murder victim * Haylee Partridge (b. 1981), New Zealand cricketer * Hayley Peirsol (b. 1985), American swimmer * Hayley Petit (1989–2007), American murder victim * Sian Hayley Proctor (b. 1970), American geology professor, science communicator and spaceflight participant *

Hayley Raso Hayley Emma Raso ( ; born 5 September 1994) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Australia national team. Raso began her senior career with Canberra United ...

(b. 1994), Australian footballer * Haylee Roderick (b. 1990), American dancer, model, and actress *

Hailie Sahar Hailie Sahar (born July 12, 1988) is an American actress and recording artist. She is known for her performance as Lulu Abundance in the television series '' Pose''. In 2023, she released her debut single "Star Traveler". Early life Sahar was b ...

(b. 1988), American actress * Hayley Silver-Holmes (b. 2003), Australian cricketer *

Hayley Sproull Hayley Jayne Sproull (born 1989) is a New Zealand comedian, actor, scriptwriter, television show host and radio show co-host. She is the host of '' The Great Kiwi Bake Off'' and the New Zealand edition of '' Have You Been Paying Attention?'' Bi ...

(b. 1989), New Zealand comedian *

Hailee Steinfeld Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She had her breakthrough with the western film ''True Grit (2010 film), True Grit'' (2010), which earned her List of awards and nominations received by H ...

(b. 1996) American actress *

Hailey Swirbul Hailey Swirbul (born July 10, 1998) is an American, former cross-country skier. On December 13, 2020, she clinched her first podium in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup by finishing third in the 10 km freestyle race in Davos, Switzerland. ...

(b. 1998), American cross-country skier *

Hayley Tamaddon Hayley Soraya Tamaddon (born 24 January 1977) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the ITV (TV network), ITV soap operas as Del Dingle in ''Emmerdale'' and Andrea Beckett in ''Coronation Street''. Tamaddon won the Dancing on Ice ...

(b. 1977), English actress * Halie Tiplady-Hurring (b. 1986), New Zealand rugby union player * Hailey Tuck (b. 1990), American singer *

Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett (née Parry, born 17 February 1973) is a Welsh former middle-distance runner who competed at two Olympic Games. Biography Born Hayley Parry in Swansea in 1973, she married pole vaulter Ian Tullett in 1999. During the same yea ...

(b. 1973), Welsh runner *

Hailey Van Lith Hailey Ann Van Lith (born September 9, 2001), also known by her initials HVL, is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Louisvil ...

(b. 2001), American basketball player * Haliey Welch (b. 2002 or 2003), American internet personality *

Hayley Westenra Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987) is a New Zealand classical crossover singer. Her first internationally released album, '' Pure'', reached number one on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide ...

(b. 1987), New Zealand singer *

Hailey Whitters Hailey Faith Whitters (born September 9, 1989) is an American country music singer originally from Shueyville, Iowa. Songwriting and music career Whitters has written songs for Little Big Town and Alan Jackson, and has written with Lori McKe ...

(b. 1989), American singer-songwriter *

Hayley Wickenheiser Hayley Wickenheiser (born August 12, 1978) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, physician and assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to play full-time professional men’s hockey in a position other ...

(1978), Canadian ice hockey player *

Hayley Williams Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and only constant member of the rock band Paramore, which she co-founded in 2004. Williams was born and raised in Meridian, Miss ...

(b. 1988), American lead singer-songwriter from

Paramore Paramore is an American rock band formed in Franklin, Tennessee, in 2004. Since 2017, the band's lineup includes lead vocalist Hayley Williams, lead guitarist Taylor York, and drummer Zac Farro. Williams and Farro are founding members of ...

Lee Ha-jin Lee Ha-jin (; born 21 June 1988; known as ''Haylee'' on YouTube) is a retired professional Go (game), Go player from South Korea. From July 2014 to 2016, she served as Secretary General of the International Go Federation. She is now a software d ...

(b. 1988), nicknamed ''Haylee'', Korean Go player

Fictional characters with this given name

* Haley James Scott in the American series '' One Tree Hill'' * Hailey Banks in the American animated TV series ''

Hailey's On It! ''Hailey's On It!'' is an American animated science fiction action television series created by Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton and produced by Disney Television Animation that aired on Disney Channel from June 8, 2023 to May 18, 2024. On October ...

'' *

Hayley Cropper Hayley Cropper (also Hayley Patterson) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Julie Hesmondhalgh. The character first appeared in the episode first broadcast on 26 January 1998. Hayley was the ...

in the TV series ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' * Hailey Dean, titular character in the mystery series of the same name * Haley Dunphy in the TV series ''

Modern Family ''Modern Family'' is an American television sitcom, created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, that aired on ABC for 11 seasons from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. The series follows the lives of three diverse but interrelated fa ...

'' * Hayley Ferguson in the episode "Freak the Freak Out" on the American teen sitcom ''

Victorious ''Victorious'' (stylized as ''VICTORiOUS'') is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon, debuting on March 27, 2010, and concluding on February 2, 2013 after four seasons. The series revolves around aspi ...

'' * Hailey Rogers in the film Aquamarine * Hayley Foster in ''

Power Rangers Ninja Steel ''Power Rangers Ninja Steel'' is the twenty-fourth season of the television program ''Power Rangers''. The season was produced primarily using footage, costumes, and props from Japanese 39th Super Sentai series '' Shuriken Sentai Ninninger'' ...

'' * Haley Houston in the film ''

Nope (film) ''Nope'' (stylized in all caps) is a 2022 American neo-Western science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Jordan Peele, under his and Ian Cooper's Monkeypaw Productions banner. It stars Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer ...

'' * Hayley Kaplan in the game '' Android: Netrunner'' * Hayley Long in the animated series '' American Dragon: Jake Long'' *

Hayley Marshall Hayley Marshall may refer to: *Hayley Marshall (The Originals) ''The Originals (TV series), The Originals'' is an American fantasy-drama television series picked up by The CW Television Network, The CW television network for their fall 2013 ...

in the TV series '' The Originals'' * Hailey Nichol in the TV series ''

The O.C. ''The O.C. '' is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz that originally aired on Fox in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, with a total of four seasons consisting of 92 episodes. The serie ...

'' * Hailey Ruthledge in ''

Mozart in the Jungle ''Mozart in the Jungle'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Alex Timbers, and Paul Weitz for the video-on-demand service Amazon Prime Video. It received a production order in March 20 ...

'' * Hayley Smith in the TV series ''

American Dad! ''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker (producer), Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on February 6, 2005, following Super Bowl XXXIX, with the r ...

'' * Hayley Smith in the TV series ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...

'' * Hayley Stark in the film ''

Hard Candy A hard candy (American English), or boiled sweet (British English), is a sugar candy prepared from one or more sugar-based syrups that is heated to a temperature of 160 °C (320 °F) to make candy. Among the many hard candy varieti ...

'' * Hayley Steele in the TV series ''

The Troop ''The Troop'' is an action-comedy children's television series centered around a trio of teenagers who fight monsters that invade the fictional town of Lakewood. Created and executive produced by Max Burnett, Greg Coolidge and Chris Morgan (wr ...

'' * Hailey Upton in the TV series '' Chicago P.D.'' * Hayley Vaughan Santos in the TV series ''

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2 ...

'' * Hayley Ziktor in ''

Power Rangers Dino Thunder ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' is the twelfth season of the television series, ''Power Rangers''. This i ...

'' * Hailey in the TV series ''

The Other Kingdom ''The Other Kingdom'' is a fantasy sitcom created by Thomas W. Lynch that aired on Nickelodeon from April 10, 2016 to June 19, 2016. The series stars Esther Zynn, Callan Potter, Celina Martin, Taylor Adams, and Josette Halpert. Plot Fairy P ...

'' * Hayley the Rain Fairy, a character from the ''

Rainbow Magic ''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and currently owned by Mattel, with some licensing rights held by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Bo ...

'' book franchise * Hayley Haller in the TV series ''

The Lincoln Lawyer ''The Lincoln Lawyer'' is a 2005 novel, the 16th by American crime writer Michael Connelly. It introduces Los Angeles attorney Mickey Haller, half-brother of Connelly's mainstay character Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. It was adapted as ...

'' * Hailey Thompson, a character from the horror comic series ''

Witch Creek Road ''Witch Creek Road'' is a horror comic series, written by Garth Matthams and drawn by Kenan Halilović. It features a distinctive artistic style and a story line that has received attention from readers and critics. The series is considered a no ...

'' * Hailey in the video game ''

Pit People ''Pit People'' is a tactical role-playing game by indie game developer The Behemoth. An early access version for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One was released in January 2017 and the full version was released in March 2018. Gameplay Pit People ...

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