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[Facts] Haley's
do all Halle's,HAley's, or HAyleys have the same meaning.
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Well, not entirelyI hate to have to disagree with this site, but I really don't think that Halle and Hallie are forms of Hayley. They have a different pronunciation from Hayley (at least for most in the USA), and the name Hallie was frequently used in the 19th century years before there were any noticeable number of girls named Hayley. Hallie is almost assuredly originally a pet form of Harriet, just as Hal was originally a pet form of Harry or Henry. For examples of women officially named Harriet but called Hallie see:http://www.askart.com/askart/i/harriett_hallie_hyde_irwin/harriett_hallie_hyde_irwin.aspxhttp://poslfit.homeip.net/cgi-bin/genea2.pl?id=11938http://home.netcom.com/~mohlerl/photos/lloyd_n_hallie.htmExamples of women named Hallie born in the 19th century include best-selling novelist Hallie Erminie Rives, and Hallie Q. Brown, a famous African-American activist:http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/744/A_Black_voice_for_womens__issues_Hallie_Q_Brown
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Mon, let us not fi-get Ras Tafar-i :)H.I.H. Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia!I and I have a nagging suspicion that this Haile had nothing to do with either Hayley or Harry....
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Yuh know, I think that suspicion is correct! :)
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Wow, really?That cheers me up immensely - my Australian ears have never quite been able to cope with Hallie being a 'lazy' form of Hayley (which is how it sounds to me). Hallie as a nickname for Harriet is very cute! Was it ever used as a nickname for Henrietta, or just Harriet?
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Ask and ye shall receive: Here is a link to a cemetery record from Missouri which includes a headstone for a Henrietta "Hallie" Bushong Johnson:http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogrundy/cemetery/salemnorth.html
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Yes, they do :-)
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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