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Girl · English pet form
Hallie
Say it: HAL-ee
Meaning
Uncertain. Used as a pet form of Harriet or Henrietta and as a surname name; no settled meaning.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in the American South in the late 1800s and revived in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 33,550 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1894, about 1 in 1,400 girls
- 820 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Hally
Famous bearers
- Hallie Quinn Brown, African American educator
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.