Hadley

Hadley is an English surname meaning "heather field," from the Old English hǣth and lēah, and Hemingway readers will recognize it as the first Mrs. Hemingway, Hadley Richardson, who shared the Paris years and the portable feast. The name slipped into American use as a girl's first name in the mid-2000s and entered the U.S. top 200 by 2011. Two syllables with a gentle downward lilt, HAD-lee, easy to call, easy to remember. It rides the broader surname-for-girls trend alongside Harper and Kinsley but keeps a quieter, more literary posture. A name that reads as composed, observant, quietly well-read.