# Is Haylee in the Bible? No, It Is an English Name Meaning “Hay Clearing”

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Published: 2024-11-09
Updated: 2026-09-21

No one named Haylee appears in the Bible, under any spelling. Haylee is a modern spelling of Hayley, an English name taken from a surname that began as a place name meaning "hay clearing." It has no Hebrew origin and no biblical meaning.

## Is Hailey or Haley in the Bible?

None of the spellings occurs anywhere in Scripture, either in the original languages or in translation. Haylee, Hailey and Haley are all variants of Hayley, and all of them share its English origin. Hallie, which sounds close, is a separate name, a pet form of Harriet.

The name also has no Hebrew form. Pages that give Hailey a Hebrew meaning borrow it from a Hebrew word with a similar sound. One is *chayil*, "strength" or "worth," the word behind "an excellent wife" in Proverbs 31:10. Another is *halal*, "to praise," which gives hallelujah, the call to praise the Lord that opens Psalm 146. The likeness is only in the sound. Baby-name lists also say that Haley means "hero" or "heroine," but name references such as Behind the Name give it only the meaning "hay clearing."

## What does Haylee mean?

Hayley comes from an English surname, and the surname from a place name. The place name joins two Old English words: *heg*, "hay," and *leah*, a clearing in woodland or a meadow. Together they mean a hay clearing, or a meadow where hay grew.

Hailey, a village near Witney in Oxfordshire, is one English place with the name. Other English first names were made from place names in the same way, among them Ashley, "ash tree clearing," and [Hadley](https://christianpure.com/learn/hadley-biblical-name/), "heather field."

## When did Haylee become a popular name?

Hayley was seldom used as a first name before the English actress Hayley Mills, born in 1946, became a child star in Disney films such as *Pollyanna* (1960) and *The Parent Trap* (1961). Her mother was the actress and writer Mary Hayley Bell. Name references credit Hayley Mills with bringing the name to public attention, especially in Britain, where Hayley is the most common spelling.

In the United States the name spread in several spellings. Haley entered the list of the 1,000 most common names for girls in 1974 and rose sharply in 1977, possibly because of the author Alex Haley, whose book *Roots* became a popular television miniseries that year. Haley was the most common American spelling until 2001, when Hailey passed it, and Hailey reached 19th place in 2010. Haylee was in the top 1,000 from 1991 to 2021, and its highest rank was 211th, in 2009.

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## Related reading

- [Is Your Name in the Bible? A directory of names](https://christianpure.com/learn/biblical-name-meanings/)
- [Is Hadley a name in the Bible?](https://christianpure.com/learn/hadley-biblical-name/)

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