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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : God's voice

Girl name variations

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Heathered meadow

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and Scottish : habitational name from places in County Durham and Northumberland, so named from Old English hǣð ‘heathland’, ‘heather’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
  • English and Scottish : variant spelling of Headley.

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