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Haley

Definitions: Haley

Haley

Noun

1. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981).

2. United States Black writer who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Haley" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a hay clearing".

"Haley" is a common misspelling or typo for: hale, haled, holey.

Synonyms: Haley

Synonyms: Alex Haley (n), Bill Haley (n), William John Clifton Haley Jr. (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Haley

English words defined with "Haley": Alex HaleyBill HaleyWilliam John Clifton Haley Jr.. (references)

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Modern Usage: Haley

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Alex Haley (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Haley

DomainTitle

References

  • Haley Industries Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Ashes of Britannia (Garwood, Haley Elizabeth. Warrior Queen Series.) (reference)

  • Haley, A Novel (reference)

  • HALEY, TEXAS 1959 (reference)

  • Unconscious Truths: A Dr. Haley McAlister Mystery (reference)

  • Alex Haley & Malcolm X's the Autobiography of Malcolm X (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Whither Family Therapy? A Jay Haley Version (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Haley

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989I would also like to convey my personal appreciation to Haley Barbour.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Haley

"Haley" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.56% of the time. "Haley" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)97.56%4054,274
Noun (singular)2.44%1339,140
                    Total100.00%41N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Haley

The following table summarizes the usage of "Haley" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HaleyFirst name Female14,000722
HaleyLast name16,000750
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Haley

"Haley" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a hay clearing".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Haley."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
HaileeFemaleEnglishHayley
HaileyFemaleEnglishHayley
HaleighFemaleEnglishHayley
HaleyFemaleEnglishHayley
HalleFemaleEnglishHayley
HallieFemaleEnglishHayley
HayleeFemaleEnglishHayley
HayleighFemaleEnglishHayley
HayleyFemaleEnglishN/A
HaylieFemaleEnglishHayley
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Haley

CountryName
Canada

Haley Industries Limited

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Haley

Expressions using "Haley": Alex Haley bill Haley William John Clifton Haley Jr.. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Haley

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

haley joel osment

373

haley

276

haley berry

249

alex haley

140

bill haley

131

graham haley

109

haley hills

89

haley mill

81

jackie earle haley

59

duff haley

58
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Haley

Language Translations for "haley"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

aleyhay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Haley

Derivations

Words ending with "Haley": shaley. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Haley" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chalvey, Faley, Halaby, halay, halley, Hallity, halry, Haluk, Hayel, Hazey, Healsey, Heely, Hexley, hiley, Hisley, Hjaleh, Holye, Hosley, Hubley, Jhaleh, Shraley. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Haley

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-l-y"

-1 letter: hale, heal, hyla, yeah.

-2 letters: ale, aye, hae, hay, hey, lay, lea, ley, lye, yah, yea, yeh.

-3 letters: ae, ah, al, ay, eh, el, ha, he, la, ya, ye.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-l-y"
 

+1 letter: hyetal, leachy, phylae, shaley.

 

+2 letters: alchemy, charley, cheaply, deathly, earthly, eyelash, haylage, hazelly, headily, healthy, heavily, hyaline, hyalite, hymenal, lathery, lehayim, shapely, wealthy.

 

+3 letters: aldehyde, charleys, chastely, earthily, enthalpy, ethylate, fatherly, gauchely, hayfield, haylages, heartily, heatedly, heavenly, heraldry, hoarsely, humanely, hyalines, hyalites, hyalogen, hymeneal, hymenial, hypogeal, latchkey, leathery, lechayim, lehayims, lethally, lethargy, methylal, stealthy.

 

+4 letters: alchymies, aldehydes, aldehydic, aphyllies, ashamedly, beamishly, bearishly, bellyache, blasphemy, breathily, chandlery, chlamydes, chlamyses, epochally, ethically, ethylated, ethylates, eyelashes, hairstyle, halfpenny, halophyte, haplessly, haplotype, hatefully, hayfields, healthily, helically, hemelytra, holidayed, holidayer, horseplay, hyalogens, hydrolase, hymeneals, hypallage, hyperbola, isohyetal, latchkeys, lechayims, lethality, methylals, methylase, methylate, philately, playhouse, polyhedra, polyphase, preachily, rakehelly, synalepha, tallyhoed, teachably, teacherly, telepathy, thermally, thylacine, unearthly, unhealthy, unshapely, wealthily, weatherly.

 

+5 letters: adherently, adhesively, apophyseal, archeology, archetypal, ballyhooed, bellyached, bellyacher, bellyaches, chalcedony, chalybeate, changeably, cheapishly, chemically, chlamydiae, chocolatey, daylighted, detachably, detachedly, diaphyseal, epiphyseal, epiphysial, ethereally, ethicality, ethnically, ethylating, euryhaline, flycatcher, freakishly, hairstyles, halophytes, handsomely, haplotypes, harmlessly, hectically, heliacally, heliolatry, hematology, heroically, hesitantly, hexaploidy, holidayers, horseplays, hydrolases, hydroplane, hymeneally, hypaethral, hypallages, hyperalert, hyperbolae, hyperbolas, hyperplane, hypodermal, hysterical, inchoately, inhumanely, lachrymose, ladyfishes, lengthways, melancholy, methylases, methylated, methylates, methylator, methyldopa, myelopathy, pharyngeal, phylactery, phylaxises, phyllaries, phylloxera, playhouses, polychaete, polyhedral, preholiday, shamefully, shrievalty, sleepyhead, stealthily, symphyseal, synalephas, synaloepha, telegraphy, thetically, thylacines, ultraheavy, unchastely.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Haley


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 61 6C 65 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    .-    .-..    .    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100001 01101100 01100101 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#108 &#101 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 006C 0065 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4267787191

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Speeches
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Names: Derived from
10. Names: Company Usage
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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