Hayle
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Hayle by the numbers
Hayle was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 95 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Hayle
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 Hayle. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hayleehay meadow; a form of Hayley520 in the US (2017)
- Hayleyfrom hay meadow or hay clearing83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Halledweller at the hall; a form of Haley138 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hayliehay meadow; a modern respelling of Hayley119 in the US (2017)
- Halehealthy and strong; dwelling in a hall16 in the US (2017)
- Haylen72 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hayle
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