Hayleigh
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning a form of Hayley; hay meadow.
Hayleigh by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Hayleigh. In the US, 105 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 321 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Hayley
Like Hayleigh, each of these traces back to Hayley: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hayleigh. 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)
- Hazleighhazel wood clearing; modern respelling of Hazlewood11 in the US (2017)
- Haileigh29 in the US (2017)
- Halleigh20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Hayleigh
Names that are said the same way as Hayleigh, 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)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Hayleigh, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hayleigh
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