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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Origin Of Last Names

This article is about the surname Hayes. For other uses, see Hayes (disambiguation).

HayesFamily nameHayes surname mapRegion of origin Ireland, England, Scotland

Language(s) of origin EnglishRelated names Hay, Haye, Hays, Heas, Heyes, Highes, O'Hea, Hease, Heyes, Heise, HughesFootnotes: [1]Hayes is a common English language surname. In the United States Census, 1990, Hayes was the 100th most common surname recorded.[2] The oldest record of the surname dates to 1197 in the Eynsham Cartulary of Oxfordshire, where it appears on the form Heise.[3][4][5] There are nineteen coats of arms assumed by or granted to individuals with this or a similar surname.[3] Though primarily a surname, "Hayes" rarely appears as a given name in census records.In Ireland, Hayes originated as a Gaelic polygenetic surname "O hAodha", meaning descendant of Aodh ("fire"), or of Aed, an Irish mythological god. Septs in most counties anglicised "O hAodha" to "Hayes". In County Cork, it became "O'Hea". In County Ulster, it became "Hughes", the patronymic of Hugh, an anglicized variant of the given name Aodh. Hayes is noted on a public record in County Wexford as early as 1182. In County Cork, under the Munster providence,