Halley

Two main origins:

• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilche (“descendant of Ailche”), a personal name of unclear origin.
• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁille (“descendant of Áille”), a byname from áille (“beauty”).

• enPR: hăl′ē
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhæl.iː/; (also Received Pronunciation) /ˈhal.iː/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhæl.i/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛl.iː/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈhal.i/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈha(ː)l.iː/
• Rhymes: -æli
• Hyphenation: Hal‧ley

Halley (plural Halleys)

1. A surname from Irish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Halley is the 8394^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3943 individuals. Halley is most common among White (75.68%) and Black/African American (18.13%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Halley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117.

Unadapted borrowing from English Halley.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.lɛj/
• Rhymes: -alɛj
• Syllabification: Hal‧ley

Halley m pers

1. a surname from English [in turn from Irish]

   Edmond Halley, matematyk i astronom angielski (1656–1742)

   Edmond Halley, English mathematician and astronomer (1656–1742)

• “Halley”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022