Hayes

See also: hayes

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Heyes

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heɪz/
• Rhymes: -eɪz

Proper noun

Hayes

1. Any of a number of places, outside Britain named for persons with the surname.
2. A suburb of the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England.
3. A suburb of the borough of Bromley, Greater London.
4. A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
5. A settlement in Jamaica.
6. A rural locality in Derwent Valley Council area, Tasmania, Australia.
7. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A former settlement in Fresno County, California.
   2. A census-designated place in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Stanley County, South Dakota.
   4. An unincorporated community in the town of How, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
   5. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Hayes Township.
8. An English habitational surname from Old English.
9. A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”)

Derived terms

• Hayes Center
• Hayes County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hayes is the 127^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 194,246 individuals. Hayes is most common among White (69.38%) and Black (24.69%) individuals.

References

• Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012

Anagrams

• Ashey, Hayse, Shaye, Sheay, eshay, yeahs