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hayes

/heɪz/

hayes is the plural of haye.

Meaning of haye

Noun

haye (plural hayes)

  1. A shark (cartilaginous fish of Selachimorpha).
    • They have of Hayens or Tuberons which devour men, especially such as fish for Pearles.1613, Samuel Purchas, Pilgrimage, page 504
    Synonyms:
    hay-fish, shark

See all 2 meanings of haye

Proper noun capitalized: Hayes

Hayes (countable and uncountable, plural Hayeses)

  1. An English habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”)
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. Any of a number of places; those outside Britain named for persons with the surname.
  5. A town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1080).
  6. A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4066).
  7. A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
  8. A settlement in Jamaica.
  9. A rural locality in Derwent Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  10. A former settlement in Fresno County, California.
  11. A census-designated place in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
  12. An unincorporated community in Stanley County, South Dakota.
  13. An unincorporated community in the town of How, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
  14. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Hayes Township.

Forms of hayes

pluralHayeses
alternative formHeyes

Origin of hayes

*As an English locational surname, from Old English hæs (“brushwood”) (see hris) and Middle English hay (“enclosure”), heye. *As an Irish surname, from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”).

Words formed from hayes

Words that rhyme with hayes

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Questions about hayes

What does hayes mean?
Hayes means an English habitational surname from Old English.
What is hayes the plural of?
Hayes is the plural of haye.
What part of speech is hayes?
Hayes is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hayes?
Hayes is pronounced /heɪz/.

Words near hayes in the dictionary

  1. Hayekians
  2. Hayekism
  3. Hayeks
  4. hayer
  5. hayers
  6. hayes
  7. Hayes Center
  8. Hayes County
  9. Hayes Gap
  10. Hayes Valley
  11. Hayeses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hayes (page history and authors); Hayes (page history and authors); haye (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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