hayes
/heɪz/
hayes is the plural of haye.
Meaning of haye
Noun
haye (plural hayes)
Proper noun capitalized: Hayes
Hayes (countable and uncountable, plural Hayeses)
- An English habitational surname from Old English.
- A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”)
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Any of a number of places; those outside Britain named for persons with the surname.
- A town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1080).
- A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4066).
- A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
- A settlement in Jamaica.
- A rural locality in Derwent Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
- A former settlement in Fresno County, California.
- A census-designated place in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Stanley County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in the town of How, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Hayes Township.
Forms of hayes
| plural | Hayeses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Heyes |
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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- appraise
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- maze
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- praise
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
- delays
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/.
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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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