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Definition: An English or Scottish place name for a man who lived near an enclosure ("haeg") or "heye," an area of forest fenced off for hunting.. The surname may also have been derived from the old English "haes" or the old French word "heis," both meaning "brushwood."
Surname Origin:
English, Scottish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
HAY, HAYE, HAYS, HEAS, HEYES, HIGHES, O'HEA, HEASE, HEYES, HEISE
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Common Surname Search Tips HAYES Family Genealogy Forum HAYES Family Trees on the Web FamilySearch - HAYES Genealogy HAYES Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - HAYES Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - HAYES Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - HAYES Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - HAYES Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
