Hăý
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Hăý is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country: 18,029 people, counted by the Census Bureau in 2010. Recorded meaning: From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (compare West Frisian hea, Dutch hooi, German Heu, Norwegian høy), from *hawwaną (“to hew, cu. Hăý is also written 헤이 in Korean (Hangul).
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 4.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 4.6K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 6.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 429 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)
18,029 people, 2010
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Hăý in other scripts: Korean (Hangul)
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Hay in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Middle Englishhey(measured from records)
- Old Englishhīeġ(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*hawi(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*hawjącompare West Frisian hea(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic root*hawwaną“to hew“to hew, cut down”(measured from records)
From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (compare West Frisian hea, Dutch hooi, German Heu, Norwegian høy), from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”). More at hew.
Cited for this meaning 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Scottish Surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
- Wiktionary
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Hăý is found
(measured from records)Hăý counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 18,029 | 1 in 18K | 18K | Hay | 429 |
| GB United Kingdom | #613 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | listed | Hay | 239 |
| AU Australia | #446 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | 1 | Hay | 212 |
| CA Canada | #944 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Hay | 192 |
| FR France | — | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 19K | 414 | — | 8 |
| NZ New Zealand | #351 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Hay | 118 |
| NO Norway | — | 626 | 1 in 8.7K | 626 | Hay | 32 |
18,029 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hăý mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (compare West Frisian hea, Dutch hooi, German Heu, Norwegian høy), from *hawwaną (“to hew, cu… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Scottish Surnames and 4 other sources.
- Is Hăý a male or female name?
- Hăý is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Hăý?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 18 thousand people named Hăý, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hay. After it come United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and France; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Hăý?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,029 people named Hăý in 2010, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Hăý compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Hăý is the 351st most common surname of 87,225 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hăý” — ranked 1853rd in the United States (Census Bureau, 2010). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.