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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Haley.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Haley, Bill Haley, William John Clifton Haley Jr.noun

    United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)

  2. Haley, Alex Haleynoun

    United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)

Wiktionary

  1. Haleynoun

    Any of several places in the U.S. and Canada named after persons with the surname.

  2. Haleynoun

    A surname, a common spelling variant of Hayley.

  3. Haleynoun

    A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the US in the 1990s and the 2000s.

  4. Haleynoun

    A male given name.

  5. Haleynoun

    Any of several places in the US and Canada named after persons with the surname.

ChatGPT

  1. haley

    "Haley" is a popular given name of English origin. As a personality trait, people named Haley are typically thought to be creative, adventurous, and optimistic. The name is derived from the Old English "heg" meaning hay and "leah", meaning clearing or meadow, so it's often interpreted as "Hay meadow". It can be used for both males and females, although it is most commonly used as a female name in contemporary English-speaking societies. The name can also have alternative spellings like Hayley, Hailey, Haleigh, or Haylee.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HALEY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Haley is ranked #917 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Haley surname appeared 37,858 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 13 would have the surname Haley.

    81.2% or 30,767 total occurrences were White.
    13.2% or 5,009 total occurrences were Black.
    2.2% or 848 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 757 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 273 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 204 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Haley in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Haley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Haley in a Sentence

  1. Trey Gowdy:

    I am confident former White House Director and current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Dan Coats, Ambassador Nikki Haley, FBI Director Chris Wray, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and others will be able to communicate to The President it is possible to conclude Russia interfered with The United States election in 2016 without delegitimizing his electoral success.

  2. John Thune:

    I think [ Haley ] did a great job, she presented a voice and a face for the party, which is really what we’re about.

  3. John Dingell:

    We're going to win the election on the issues that matter to the people of all of our districts, and Haley's going win reelection by paying attention to the issues that matter to the people in her district.

  4. Ivanka Trump:

    We have a number of people who would very much like to do United Nations, it's a great position... Nikki Haley's helped make it a much better position.

  5. Donald Trump:

    The greatest thing Nikki Haley did for our Country, and the Great State of South Carolina, was accepting the position of United Nations Ambassador so that the incredible then Lieutenant Governor, Henry McMaster, could be Governor of South Carolina, where he has done an absolutely fantastic job.

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