Hadley
English
"heathery field"
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Updated Wed Apr 09 2025
Hadley Origin and Meaning
The name Hadley is a boy's name of English origin meaning "heathery field".
Hemingway readers will recognize this as the name of Papa's first wife (and, eventually, actress Mariel's grandmother). But in Victorian times, Hadley and Hedley were actually more popular for boys.
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- Robert Hugh "Hadley" FraserEnglish actor/singer
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- John Hadley Nicanor "Jack" Hemingwayson of novelist Ernest Hemingway
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