Hayes (surname)
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Hayes (or Hays) is a surname which may be derived from:
- "OhAodh" (pronounced O'Hea) which is Irish from Cork County and it means "of Aodh (or son/descendant of Aodh)" . Aodh was an Celtic/Irish fire deity. The most common Irish version is O'Hay, although the Irish O'hAodh or O'hAodha also has overlaps with Hughes or Hughs. In County Cork under the Munster providence, Hayes falls under the banner of the McNamara clan in the Dalcassian Sept. The Hayes clan as also been known to hail allegiance to Clan Cian, the ruling O'Carroll clan, of Southern Ireland.
- "de la Haye" which means "of the hedge" and is of Lowland Scot-Norman origin. The de la Haye family was a Norman family which came over with the retinue of William the Bastard (aka William the Conqueror) and settled in lowland Scotland and intermarried with the indigenous Scottish population.
- it may be an Anglo-Saxon name from the place Hayes formerly in Kent, now in the London Borough of Bromley
People named Hayes include:
- Austin Hayes - Irish footballer (1958-1986)
- Bob Hayes - track , football star (Olympic Gold Medal & Super Bowl Winner)
- Bully Hayes - South Sea Pirate (1829-1877)
- Carmen Hayes - American Porn Actress
- Chris Hayes - Australian politician
- Claude Hayes - English artist
- Darren Hayes - singer with Savage Garden from 1996 - 2001
- David Hayes disambiguation page
- Dennis Hayes - founder of Hayes Communications
- Helen Hayes - legendary American actress
- Richard Hayes - child prodigy, with several physical disabilities
- Ira Hayes - Native American hero of World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima
- Isaac Hayes - soul singer
- Isaac Israel Hayes - arctic explorer
- J. Milton Hayes - English actor
- Janet Gray Hayes - Mayor of San Jose, California from 1975-1983
- Jason Hayes - Music composer. Notable for works done for Blizzard games (e.g. Warcraft)
- Maria Hayes - former weekend news anchor for the CH affiliate, then CHCH in Hamilton in the 1990s
- Michael Hayes, American Professional Wrestler
- Patrick J. Hayes - British computer scientist
- Patricia Hayes - British actress
- Rutherford B. Hayes- served as President of the United States from 1877-1881
- Sean Hayes (disambiguation)
- Stephen Hayes - member and leader of the Irish Republican Army
- Stephen K. Hayes - founder of To-Shin Do, 10th dan ninjutsu instructor and member of BlackBelt Hall of Fame
- Stephen F. Hayes - senior writer at The Weekly Standard
- Woodrow “Woody” Hayes - football coach for The Ohio State University
- Ben Hayes- a character in the 2005 King Kong remake played by Evan Parke
- Hayes GardenWorld - One of South lakelands most impressive and well known attractions
- Zack Hayes - A well known pharmacy student from Campbell University who is bound for stardom.
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