Halley

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilche (“descendant of Ailche”), a personal name of unclear origin.
• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁille (“descendant of Áille”), a byname from áille (“beauty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæli/

Proper noun

Halley (plural Halleys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Derived terms

• Halleyan
• Halley's Comet
• Halley's method

 

Translations

surname

• Armenian: Հալլեյ (Halley)
• Hebrew: האלי
• Korean: 핼리 (haelli)
• Russian: Галле́й (Galléj)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Halley is the 8394^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3943 individuals. Halley is most common among White (75.68%) and Black/African American (18.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Halley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117.