Type Word Usage Anglo-Saxon Meaning & History Old English word meaning "hay" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Given Name DescendantsHailee, Hailey, Hailie, Haleigh, Haley, Hayden, Haylee, Hayleigh, Hayley, Haylie, Hadyn(English) Surname DescendantsHailey, Haley, Hayden, Hayley(English) Place Name DescendantHailey(English) Sources & References Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 525, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.