Name

Name HEY

Between 2000 and 2022 there were 2 births of Hey in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Hey per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Hey
In Italiano

Nome Hey

Information about the first name Hey

The first name Hey has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name Hey is the most common is:

Germany

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 3 letters including 2 vowels and 1 consonant

Anagrams of the first name Hey

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Hey : Hye, Yeh

Anacyclics of the first name Hey

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Hey: Yeh

Hey in Japanese ^*

Romaji	hii
Katakana	ヒー
Hiragana	ひー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Hey in sign language

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Hey in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Hey

English

Etymology

From French haie (“hedge”), with reference to the weaving patterns used in hedgelaying.

Etymology

See he.

Etymology (Alternative forms)

hay
heigh

Etymology (Interjection)

hey
An exclamation to get attention.
A protest or reprimand.
An expression of surprise.
An informal greeting, similar to hi.
A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.
Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.

Etymology (See also)

huh
hay is for horses
hey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology (Noun)

hey (plural heys)
(country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

Etymology (Noun)

hey (plural heys)
Alternative spelling of he (“Hebrew letter”)

Etymology (See also)

Yah-ta-hey (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

Yeh, hye, yeh

Anagrams

Yeh, hye, yeh

Pronunciation

enPR: hā, IPA(key): /heɪ/
Homophone: hay
Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

Hey (plural Heys)
A surname.

Proper noun (Statistics)

According to the 2010 United States Census, Hey is the 15508th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1887 individuals. Hey is most common among White (82.94%) individuals.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English hīġ, hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”).

Etymology

From Old English *hē, ēa. See English hey for more.

Etymology (Noun)

hey (uncountable)
hay

Etymology (Interjection)

Etymology (Noun)

hey
Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

Etymology (Noun)

hey (uncountable)
Alternative form of hye (“haste”)

Etymology (Pronoun)

hey
Alternative form of he (“he”)

Etymology (Pronoun)

hey
Alternative form of he (“they”)

Etymology (Verb)

hey (third-person singular simple present heyeth, present participle heyende, heyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heyed)
Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

Etymology (Pronoun)