Hailei
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Hailei by the numbers
Hailei was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Hailei
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hailei. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Hailei
Names that are said the same way as Hailei, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Haleyhay meadow; dweller in the hay clearing943 in the US (2017)
- Hayleehay meadow; a form of Hayley520 in the US (2017)
- Hayleyfrom hay meadow or hay clearing83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Haleighhall clearing; a modern spelling of Haley128 in the US (2017)
- Hayleigha form of Hayley; hay meadow105 in the US (2017)
- Halleyremote wood; a form of Haley9 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Hailei
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