Hay meadow
A variant of the English surname and place name Hailey, referring to a clearing or meadow where hay is harvested. It combines the Old English elements 'heg' (hay) and 'leah' (clearing or meadow).
Less common today
Hayle isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,837 in 2000.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
