# Halsey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/halsey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,619 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,654 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,523 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (7,420 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɔːlzi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Holsey |

## Etymology

Places in England, from Old English hals (“neck of land”) + Old English īeġ (“island”)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Halsey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Halsey in the United States.

## People named Halsey

- Brett Halsey, American actor
- Richard Halsey, American film editor

## Similar surnames

Hulsey, Hales, Hulse, Holsey, Halls, Hayles, Hallisey, Hollis, Hills, Hillis, Hallock, Hiles.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.