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Hayley vs Ann - What's the difference?

hayley | ann |

As proper nouns the difference between hayley and ann

is that hayley is an english placename while ann is name of a.

hayley

English

(Hayley Westenra) (Hayley Williams)

Alternative forms

* Hailey * Haley * (female name only) Hailie, Haylee, Hayleigh, Haylie

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An English placename.
  • (More often spelled Haley).
  • transferred from the surname; rare compared to the female name.
  • transferred from the surname. Popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.

    • Usage notes

    * The female name is usually spelled Haley or Hailey in the U.S., and it became popular later than in the UK.

    Quotations

    * 2000 , Lip Reading , Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 1861053592, page 12 *: Just think of the explanation required one day for all those Kylies and Stings and Hayleys', for heaven's sake! ' Well, it doesn't mean anything, darling - it's from ' Hayley Mills. Well, she's an actress and her mother named her after her own maiden name. No, she was a writer, actually...Oh, shut up and be thankful I didn't call you Sigourney like your father wanted...' * 2007 Crissy Pagdett, Kelly's Destiny: Closest Betrayal , AuthorHouse, ISBN 1434342549, page 98 *: I closed my eyes and listened to him saying the names. *: "That is the one...Hayley Dawn Calvin. That is gorgeous and it fits perfect." *: "I like it too, it sounds good."

    References

    * Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988. * Social Security Administration: given name statistics in the USA * FreeBMD : given name statistics in England and Wales

    External links

    * (wikipedia "Hayley")

    ann

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Anne

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1903 , Man and Superman : Act I:
    • RAMSDEN . When you say Ann , you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield.
    TANNER''. I mean our Ann''', your '''Ann''', Tavy's '''Ann''', and now, Heaven help me, my ' Ann .
  • * 1969 Constance Urdang, Natural History , Harper&Row 1969, page 61:
    • Given a perfectly good American name like Ann , she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.
  • * 2005 , In Sheep's Clothing , Dafina Books, ISBN 0758203446, page 129:
    • "Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it."
    "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"

    Usage notes

    * Popular since fourteenth century due to the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary. * A very common middle name since the 20th century.

    Related terms

    * Anita, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annie, Annika, Anya, Nan, Nance, Nancy, Nannie, Nanny

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