acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)
"The Hayes family was named after their grandmother, an acclaimed actress of stage and screen from 1900 to 1993."
19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)
"President Hayes's decision to remove federal troops from the South officially marked the end of the Reconstruction Era."
plural of haye
"The hunters tracked the deer by following their fresh hoofprints in the wet mud, marking a classic hayes scene from an old hunting manual."
Any of a number of places, outside Britain named for persons with the surname.
"The new post office was built in Hayes, a town in London's suburbs named after a local landowner rather than a place in England."
The name Hayes originated as a locational surname in England, derived from Old English words meaning "brushwood" and "enclosure." Alternatively, it is an Irish family name formed by adding the prefix Ó to the personal name Aodh.