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Healey is an Irish surname derived from Ó hÉilidhe or Ó hÉalaighthe. A related surname is Healy . [ 1 ] It can also be an English toponymic surname , from Healey near Manchester and possibly also from other places named Healey in Yorkshire and Northumberland.
When Irish people began to anglicise their names, two separate clans adopted the English-language surname of "Healy". There was the Ó hÉilidhe clan from Connaught and the Ó hÉalaighthe clan from Munster. [citation needed] Many different spellings of the surname exist including Haly, Haley, Haily, Healey, Hely, O'Healey and O'Haly.
Name blending confers the same surname upon both spouses. This allows the family to conform to the expectation that the family (and any children) will all share the same name, and avoid confusion that can arise when spouses retain differing surnames. [4] [1] Name blending avoids the patriarchal practice of having the wife take the husband's name.
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Haley / ˈ h eɪ l i / is an English surname. It is based on a place name derived from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow", [1]. The surname Haley was found in County Sligo (Irish: Sligeach), in the province of Connacht in Northwestern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England.
Haley (pronounced / ˈ h eɪ l i /) is an English given name, which may be either male or female. It is derived from the English surname Haley , which in turn was based on an Old English toponym , a compound of heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow".
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).