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Hayes

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //heɪz//

A surname An English habitational surname from Old English.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname An English habitational surname from Old English.

  2. 2

    A surname A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”)

  3. 3

    A male given name transferred from the surname.

  4. 4

    A placename: Any of a number of places; those outside Britain named for persons with the surname.

  5. 5

    A placename: A place in England: A town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1080).

  6. 6

    A placename: A place in England: A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4066).

  7. 7

    A placename: A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.

  8. 8

    A placename: A settlement in Jamaica.

  9. 9

    A placename: A rural locality in Derwent Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.

  10. 10

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A former settlement in Fresno County, California.

  11. 11

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

  12. 12

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Stanley County, South Dakota.

  13. 13

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of How, Oconto County, Wisconsin.

  14. 14

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Hayes Township.

Etymology

*As an English locational surname, from Old English hæs (“brushwood”) (see hris) and Middle English hay (“enclosure”), heye. *As an Irish surname, from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”).

Forms

plural
Hayeses
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