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Hayes

in California

There are 9,426 people with the last name "Hayes" in California.

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Hayes 226
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  1. is 222nd most common Lim
  2. is 223rd most common Kennedy
  3. is 224th most common Choi
  4. is 225th most common Vazquez
  5. is 226th most common Hayes
  6. is 227th most common Trujillo
  7. is 228th most common Harrison
  8. is 229th most common Zamora
  9. is 230th most common Stone

Similar Names and Nicknames

Hawes, Hayek, Haye, Hayer, Hayen, Hayenga, Hayez, Hayeck, Hayess, Hayens

Most Common First Names for Hayes

John, Michael, James, Robert, William, David, Richard, Charles

Meaning & History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’ (compare McCoy). In some cases, especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.

English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon and Worcestershire, so called from the plural of Middle English hay ‘enclosure’ (see Hay 1), or a topographic name from the same word.

English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Dorset, Greater London (formerly in Kent and Middlesex), and Worcestershire, so called from Old English hǣse ‘brushwood’, or a topographic name from the same word.

English: patronymic from Hay 3.

French: variant (plural) of Haye 3.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metronymic from Yiddish name Khaye ‘life’ + the Yiddish possessive suffix -s.

FOREBEARS U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893), born in Delaware, OH, was descended from old New England families on both sides. Through the paternal line he was descended from George Hayes, who emigrated from Scotland in 1680 and settled in Windsor, CT.

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