It is based on a place name derived from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow", Variant spellings include Hailey and Hayley. The given name Hayley (which has many variant spellings) was derived from it. The family name Haley is also a variant spelling of the anglicized Irish Healy (surname).
Biblical Meaning: The name Hali is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Hali is: Sickness, a beginning, a precious stone.
Halle is one of those names often confused with Hailey, although Halle is more commonly pronounced HAL-ee as opposed to HAY-lee. Halle has two possible etymologies. For one, it may have been derived from a Nordic masculine name Halli which is a diminutive of the Old Norse element “hallr†meaning "rock".
A submission from Texas, United States says the name Halleigh means "Hall near the meadow" and is of English origin.
Halley is a surname of English origin, meaning: one who lived at, or near the hall in the grove or open place in a wood. The derivation is probably from the Olde English pre 7th Century use of Old English heall 'hall', 'large house' + leah 'woodland clearing'. following enforced land clearances.
Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Halli.
Halsey Name Meaning. English: habitational name of uncertain origin. The surname is common in London, and may be derived from Alsa (formerly Assey) in Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex (recorded as Alsiesheye in 1268).
Hampton Name Meaning. English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the numerous places called Hampton, including the cities of Southampton and Northampton (both of which were originally simply Hamtun).
Irish: shortened form of O'Hanley, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÃinle 'descendant of Ãinle', a personal name meaning 'champion'. This is the name of a ruling family in Connacht; it is now common in southern Ireland. English: habitational name from any of various places, such as Handley in Cheshire, Derbyshire.
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English. In America it has sometimes been given in honour of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911).
