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Hayes

in Rhode Island

There are 442 people with the last name "Hayes" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Hayes 174
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  1. is 170th most common Cooper
  2. is 171st most common Briggs
  3. is 172nd most common Casey
  4. is 173rd most common Mclaughlin
  5. is 174th most common Hayes
  6. is 175th most common Monteiro
  7. is 176th most common Doyle
  8. is 177th most common Ramirez
  9. is 178th most common Hughes

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Hayes

John, Michael, David, Mary, Susan, James, Patricia, Patrick, Robert, 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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