Claire Foy Fan

Jan 27, 2010


Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: HAY-lee
Variant of HAYLEY

From a surname which was originally derived from the name of an English town (meaning “hay clearing” from Old English heg “hay” and leah “clearing”).


Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: l?-RAYN

From the name of a region in France, originally meaning “kingdom of LOTHAR”. Lothar was a Frankish king, the great-grandson of Charlemagne, whose realm was in the part of France that is now called Lorraine, or in German Lothringen (from Latin Lothari regnum). As a given name, it has been used in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century, perhaps due to its similar sound with Laura. It became popular after World War I when the region was in the news, as it was contested between Germany and France.


nickname from Middle English keling ‘young codfish’.
Americanized spelling of German Kühling, a patronymic from Colo, probably a short form of an old personal name meaning ‘helmet’.

