Hayes

in Connecticut

There are 1,523 people with the last name "Hayes" in Connecticut.

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Ranking in Connecticut

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Hayes 114
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  1. is 110th most common Howard
  2. is 111th most common Foster
  3. is 112th most common Michaud
  4. is 113th most common Watson
  5. is 114th most common Hayes
  6. is 115th most common Greene
  7. is 116th most common Carroll
  8. is 117th most common Cyr
  9. is 118th most common Lawrence

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hayes

Michael, John, Robert, Thomas, William, Richard, James, David, Mary, Daniel



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 (18221893), 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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