Hafley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Etymology of Hafley

What does the name Hafley mean?

The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic personal name "ó hEamhthaigh." 1 The origins of this ancient personal name are obscure. It is possible that there is a connection to the word "eamh" which denotes a "groaning or exclamation of disgust."

Early Origins of the Hafley family

The surname Hafley was first found in the Athlone region, County Westmeath (Irish: An Iarmhí) in the Irish Midlands, province of Leinster. Later some records of the family were found in Waterford and Cork. 1

Early recorded instances of the name are rare, but there was a bearer recorded as a husbandman of Thisteinagh, in Couty Westmeath in 1601.

Early History of the Hafley family

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Hafley Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Heaphy, O'Heaphy, Heaphey, Heavey, O'Heavy, Heafy, O'Heafey, Heflin and many more.

Early Notables of the Hafley family

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Hafley Ranking

the United States, the name Hafley is the 16,910^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Hafley family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: S. Dan Heafey, who was recorded in Iowa in 1866; John Heaphy, who was naturalized in Mississippi in 1876; Thomas Heavy, who was recorded in Philadelphia in 1832.

Contemporary Notables of the name Hafley (post 1700) +

Lucien Hafley (1906-1994), American Primetime Emmy Award winning set director, best known for his work on Mission: Impossible (1966), The Cisco Kid (1950) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

Sources +

MacLysaght, Edward, More Irish Families. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-0126-0)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/