Hayes Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Hayes Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Hayes

The Hayes family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'descendant of Hugh', Hayes is a baptismal name of great antiquity. Variants include Hugh, O'Hae and O'Hea. This name is of Anglo-Norman descent spreading to Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in the above countries. Examples of such are a Edde Hugh who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273 and a William, son of Hugh, was Burgess of Aberdeen, Scotland , in the year 1189. A John Hughe, County Somerset, was recorded in 'Kirby's Quest', in the reign of Edward III. A Richard Hewes was recorded in the 'Valor Ecclesiasticus', in the thirteenth century. In Ireland Hayes is an anglicized form of the O'hAodha Gaelic name, being found in Ulster as Hughes. One sept called O'Hea was located in the Western part of Cork but the most powerful was a Dalcassian sept of Thomond, now chiefly associated with Limerick and Tipperary.