Hayes

in Mississippi

There are 2,249 people with the last name "Hayes" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

NameRank
Hayes 124
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  1. is 120th most common Watkins
  2. is 121st most common Walters
  3. is 122nd most common Long
  4. is 123rd most common Webb
  5. is 124th most common Hayes
  6. is 125th most common May
  7. is 126th most common Shaw
  8. is 127th most common Nichols
  9. is 128th most common Perry

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hayes

James, Robert, William, John, Mary, David, Linda, Jerry, Michael, Dorothy



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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