Hayes (surname)

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]

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]

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]

Hayes also can derive from the Yiddish name Khaye, meaning "life".^[10][11]

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.

• 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

• Ainsley Hayes in the American television series The West Wing
• Adam Hayes from the fiction podcast The Bright Sessions
• Angela Hayes in the Academy Award-winning film American Beauty
• Angela Hayes in the Academy Award-winning film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri^[21]
• Ben Hayes in the 2005 American film remake of King Kong
• Beth Hayes in the horror video game Slender: The Arrival
• Blake Hayes in the American television soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Captain Hayes, a recurring villain of TV series Totally Spies!
• Damian Hayes, character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Emily Hayes in the graphic novel series Amulet
• Harriet Hayes (or Hannah Harriet Hayes) in the American television series Studio 60
• Henry Hayes in Stargate SG-1
• Major J. Hayes in the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise
• Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Jason Hayes in the American television series SEAL Team.
• Karen Hayes in the American television series 24
• Lavon Hayes, in the American television series Hart of Dixie
• Lisa Hayes, a character in the American television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
• Lisa Hayes in the anime Robotech
• Logan Hayes in the American television soap opera General Hospital
• Maddie Hayes in the American television series Moonlighting
• Michael Hayes in American TV series of the same name
• Molly Hayes, a main character from the Marvel Comics series Runaways
• Sally Hayes, character from The Catcher in the Rye
• Farmer Michael Hayes in the Christy Moore song "The Pursuit of Farmer Michael Hayes"
• Taylor Hayes in the American television soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• William Hayes, the main character in the 1978 film Midnight Express
• William Matthew Hayes, the main character in the film Definitely, Maybe
• Willie Mays Hayes in the films Major League and Major League II

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.

• All pages with titles containing Hayes, includes people not listed above
• Billy Hayes (disambiguation) • Brian Hayes (disambiguation)
• Chris Hayes (disambiguation)
• David Hayes (disambiguation)
• Frank Hayes (disambiguation)
• Jeremy Hayes (disambiguation) • John Hayes (disambiguation)
• Larry Hayes (disambiguation)
• Mark Hayes (disambiguation) • Michael Hayes (disambiguation)
• Richard Hayes (disambiguation)
• Sean Hayes (disambiguation) • Stephen Hayes (disambiguation)
• Thomas Hayes (disambiguation)
• William Hayes (disambiguation)
• Hays (surname)

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• 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.

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