Hale

Where Hale comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Hale.

  • Vowel-ended
Hale through the years
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1896
    Peak, #900
    7 babies named Hale, its best rank.
  3. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1905
    Hale Asaf born
    Turkish painter
  5. 1986
    Hale Appleman born
    American actor
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Hale Asaf · Turkish painter, 1905–1938
  • Hale Appleman · American actor, born 1986
  • Hale Hamilton · American actor, 1883–1942
  • Hale Irwin · American golfer, born 1945
  • Hale Soygazi · Turkish actress, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.