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Hayes

in Georgia

There are 6,901 people with the last name "Hayes" in Georgia.

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Ranking in Georgia

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Hayes 91
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  1. is 87th most common Owens
  2. is 88th most common Daniel
  3. is 89th most common Hernandez
  4. is 90th most common Gray
  5. is 91st most common Hayes
  6. is 92nd most common Tucker
  7. is 93rd most common Murphy
  8. is 94th most common Gibson
  9. is 95th most common Perry

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hayes

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

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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