Halei
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Halei by the numbers
Halei was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 32 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Halei
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 Halei. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Halei
Names that are said the same way as Halei, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 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)
- Haleighhall clearing; a modern spelling of Haley128 in the US (2017)
- Hayleigha form of Hayley; hay meadow105 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Halei
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