Given name & surname

Hae

“from the stockade”

Hae is a variant of Haye. One Scottish interpretation is “from the stockade.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Hae is a variant of Haye. One Scottish interpretation is “from the stockade.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Hae is a variant of Haye. An origin associated with Haye is Scottish.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Hae through the years

Babies since 1880
127
0 boys · 127 girls
Most popular year
1990
9 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02461960198020002025Highest share 19900.0
Hae in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1957–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,390 as a first name in 2020; 182 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Hae’s family of names

Hae has a related form in Haye. In Japanese usage, Hae as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of はえ.

Walk Hae’s family in the name graph

HaeはえHaye

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Hae, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Shae

“a gift of God” · “a gift from God”

40UncommonRising

16% boys · 84% girls

Literary

Alyse

“noble” · “kind”

33RareEasing

>99% girls

Nature

Hollie

“near the valley of the holly bushes” · “from the holly tree”

34RareEasing

>99% girls

Mythological

Mai

“wheat”

33RareRising

>99% girls

Old English · Modern

Hayley

“from the field of hay”

46UncommonCooling

>99% girls

Presidential

Hillary

“a cheerful woman; bringer of joy”

35RareSteady

>99% girls

 

Lacie

“woman from Normandy; as delicate as lace” · “man from Normandy; as delicate as lace”

36RareCooling

>99% girls

 

Desirae

“one who is desired”

34RareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Hae’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A sister for Hae