Hayleigh

Where Hayleigh comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Hayleigh.

Hayleigh through the years
  1. 1986
    First appearance
    #7,134 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Hayleigh Bell born
    Canadian pair skater
  3. 1999
    Hayleigh Brennan born
    Australian cricketer
  4. 2010
    Peak, #832
    323 babies named Hayleigh, the most in any year.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,704.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Hayley.
Namesakes
  • Hayleigh Bell · Canadian pair skater, born 1996
  • Hayleigh Brennan · Australian cricketer, born 1999

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.