as a Last Name
- 4,634
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Halley
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: habitational name from a place the location of which is disputed. Black gives two Scottish options, the first with no explanation, the second being Halley in Deerness, Orkney. Modern Scottish bearers may well get it from the Irish names (see 3 and 4 below).
| 6,360th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,634
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Missouri
- has the most people named Halley per capita
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