Hayes is an English language surname. In the United States Census, 1990, Hayes was the 100th most common surname recorded.[2] The oldest record of the surname dates to 1197 in the Eynsham Cartulary of Oxfordshire, where it appears in the form Heise.[3][4][5] There are nineteen coats of arms assumed by or granted to individuals with this or a similar surname.[3] Though primarily a surname, "Hayes" sometimes appears as a given name in census records.[6]
Origin
Derived from name of Irish god
In Ireland, Hayes originated as a Gaelic polygenetic surname "O hAodha", meaning descendant of Aodh ("fire"), or of Aed, an Irish mythological god. Septs in most counties anglicised "O hAodha" to "Hayes". In County Cork, it became "O'Hea". In the province of Ulster, it became "Hughes", the patronymic of Hugh, an anglicized variant of the given name Aodh. Hayes is noted on a public record in County Wexford as early as 1182. In County Cork, under the Munster providence, Hayes falls under the banner of the McNamara clan in the Dalcassian Sept. Other Irish Hayeses have also been associated with Clan Cian, the ruling O'Carroll clan of southern Ireland.[7][8][9]
Derived from place-name element
England
In England, Hayes arose as a locational surname, associated with one of the several places named or suffixed -Hay, -Hays, -Hayes, etc., such as those in Kent, or Middlesex. Such place names had two origins, one based on the Old English haes (brushwood, underwood) and the other based on horg (enclosure) or hege (hedge).[3] The distribution of Hayes in Great Britain in 1881 and 1998 is similar, and restricted to areas of England well separated from Scotland and showing some penetration into Wales.[6] This surname has gained in popularity in the century between 1881 and 1998, but remains at a rank below 150 and a frequency lower than that in the United States and some other countries of the Commonwealth.[6]
Scotland
In Scotland, Hayes is a Scoto-Norman surname, a direct translation of the Normans' locational surname "de la Haye", meaning "of La Haye", La Haye ("the hedge") being the name of several towns on the Cotentin peninsula of Normandy, France. The first Norman namebearer to arrive in Scotland was William II de la Haye in the time of the Norman invasion. Clan Hay descends from him.[7]
Other
Hayes also can derive from the Yiddish name Khaye, meaning "life".[10][11]
Given name
Notable people with the surname
Listed here are people who share the 'Hayes' surname, organized by birth year, to assist in assembling a view of the geographic distribution of this surname over time.
Additional notable people
- Billie Hayes (1924–2021), American actress
- Brian Hayes (scientist) (born 1942), American scientist and writer
- Darren Hayes (born 1972), Australian singer and songwriter, frontman of Savage Garden
- Genna Chanelle Hayes, Australian filmmaker, see AACTA Award for Best Indie Film#2022
- Geno Hayes (1987–2021), American football player
- Gregory J. Hayes (born 1960/61), American businessman, chairman and CEO of United Technologies
- Helen Hayes (politician) (born 1974), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood since 2015
- Hunter Hayes (born 1991), American country singer and songwriter
- Jimmy Hayes (born 1946), American politician, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Kate Simpson Hayes (1856–1945), Canadian writer, teacher, legislative librarian
- Phebe Hayes, American independent historian, focused on the African American history of Iberia Parish, Louisiana
- Richard Hayes (professor) (born 1945), American-Canadian academic in the areas of Buddhism and Indian philosophy
- Robert Hayes, American fugitive also known as "The Daytona Beach killer"
- Wade Hayes (born 1969), American country singer
Fictional characters with the surname
Distribution
As a surname, Hayes is the 191st most common surname in Great Britain, with 42,475 bearers. It is most common in Kent, where it is the 73rd most common surname, with 4,828 bearers. Other concentrations include, Buckinghamshire, (34th,3,304), Caerphilly, (43rd,1,700), Carmarthenshire, (48th,1,696), Merseyside, (79th,3,252), Swansea, (86th,1,704), City of Leeds (165th,1,722), Lancashire, (177th,3,370), Greater London, (288th,3,358), Greater Manchester, (335th,1,724), Cheshire, (386th,1,678), Essex, (618th,1,666), and Scotland. Other notable concentrations include, Tyne and Wear, West Yorkshire including, the City of Wakefield, Nottinghamshire, the Glasgow City council area, Midlothian, Moray, Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire including, the City of Sheffield, Darton, Kirkleatham, and the Highlands.
See also
Citations
- ^ "Home". celticfamilymaps.com.
- ^ Citation: United States Census Bureau. 1995.
- ^ a b c Citation: Hayes surname meaning
- ^ Eynsham Cartulary of Oxfordshire: This text is a chronological record of deeds issued in Eynsham, Oxfordshire and recorded by the Benedictine Abbey of Eynsham. Several full text versions are available online, as this is considered an antiquarian text of some relevance; for instance, a version published in 1907 is available via Google Books.
- ^ Citation: Eysham abbey. 1907.
- ^ a b c Citation: Longley et al.
- ^ a b Citation: Hayes surname group.
- ^ Citation: kthomas, 2002.
- ^ Citation: Hayes, John; 2008.
- ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the surname Hayes (3)". Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Hayes Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ a b Husband and wife: Rutherford 1822 and Lucy 1831
- ^ This person is listed here under her married name.
- ^ The Pima are a Native American people.
- ^ a b Father and son: Colin 1924 and David 1962
- ^ a b Father and son: Mickie 1938 and Calvin 1960
- ^ "CNET Vision series, December 6, 2002: "...which earned him the sobriquet of father of Wi-Fi."".
- ^ Business Week, 1 April 2003
- ^ Father and son: Isaac 1942 and Isaac before 2000
- ^ a b Brothers: Stevie 1963 and Bernie before 1963
- ^ Orr, Christopher (17 November 2017). "'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' Is an Absolute Marvel". The Atlantic.
General and cited references
- Eynsham abbey (1907). Herbert Edward Salter (ed.). Eynsham Cartulary. Oxford historical society at the Clarendon Press. p. 78. ISBN 1-4325-3622-2.
- Hayes, John (8 February 2008). "Hayes Name Information (Ó'hAodha)". failteromhat.com. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
- "Hayes surname group". Surnames & Heraldry. IrishGen.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
- "Hayes surname meaning". SurnameDB. Name Origin Research. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
- kthomas (16 October 2002). "Irish Names H, J". Eolas na hEireann, Information about Ireland. eircom.net. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
- Longley, Paul; Alex Singleton; Richard Webber; Daryl Lloyd. "Hayes". The National Trust. Retrieved 5 April 2008. Note: Attempts to link directly to search results pages result in failure to find the site.
- United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 4 April 2008.