Hadley
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Updated Thu Jan 23 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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