Halsey

Where Halsey comes from

Places in England, from Old English hals (“neck of land”) + Old English īeġ (“island”)
— Wiktionary's entry for Halsey
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1834
    Halsey J. Boardman born
    American politician
  2. 1847
    Halsey Ives born
    Director of an American museum
  3. 1981
    First appearance
    #7,409 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2014
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2021
    Peak, #3,157
    51 babies named Halsey — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Halsey J. Boardman · American politician, 1834–1900
  • Halsey Ives · Director of an American museum, 1847–1911
  • Halsey Royden · American mathematician, 1928–1993
  • Halsey Ricardo · British architect, 1854–1928
  • Halsey Beshears · Florida State Representative, born 1971

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.