Halley

Where Halley comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Halley.

  • Vowel-ended
Halley through the years
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,421 among girls with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1984
    Halley Feiffer born
    American actress
  4. 1985
    Halley Gross born
    American actress, screenwriter and voice actor
  5. 1986
    Peak, #580
    333 babies named Halley, the most in any year.
  6. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,733.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Halley Feiffer · American actress, born 1984
  • Halley Gross · American actress, screenwriter and voice actor, born 1985
  • Halley Stewart · British politician, 1838–1937
  • Halley G. Maddox · U.S. Army major general, 1899–1977

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.