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Hayes

in New Jersey

There are 2,868 people with the last name "Hayes" in New Jersey.

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Hayes 148
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  1. is 144th most common Alexander
  2. is 145th most common Roman
  3. is 146th most common Snyder
  4. is 147th most common Wagner
  5. is 148th most common Hayes
  6. is 149th most common Marshall
  7. is 150th most common Jordan
  8. is 151st most common Velez
  9. is 152nd most common Carroll

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hayes

John, Robert, James, Thomas, Michael, William, Kevin, David, Edward, Joseph

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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