Haileigh
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.
Haileigh by the numbers
Haileigh was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 115 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Haileigh
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 Haileigh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Harleighhare meadow; variant spelling of Harley308 in the US (2017)
- Hadleighheather field; spelling variant of Hadley293 in the US (2017)
- Haleighhall clearing; a modern spelling of Haley128 in the US (2017)
- Hayleigha form of Hayley; hay meadow105 in the US (2017)
- Hazleighhazel wood clearing; modern respelling of Hazlewood11 in the US (2017)
- Halleigh20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Haileigh
Names that are said the same way as Haileigh, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- 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)
- Haileehay meadow; a modern respelling of Hailey or Hayley308 in the US (2017)
- Halleyremote wood; a form of Haley9 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Haileigh
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