Overview
Halsey is an English surname with several possible origins. It may be derived from Alsa, in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England. This place name was once known as Assey, and was recorded as Alsiesheye in 1268. Another possibility is that the name is derived from Halsway, in Somerset, England. The latter place name is derived from the Old English word elements hals ("neck") and weg ("way", "road").
People
Halsey (born 1994), American pop and EDM singer
A. H. Halsey (1923–2014), British sociologist
Alan Halsey (1949–2022), British poet
Brad Halsey (1981–2014), Major League Baseball pitcher
Brett Halsey (born 1933), American film actor
David Halsey (1919–2009), Bishop of Carlisle (1972–1989)
Delbert W. Halsey (1919–1942), United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
Forrest Halsey (1877–1949), American screenwriter
Francis Whiting Halsey (1851–1919), American journalist and historian
Frederick A. Halsey (1856–1935), American mechanical engineer and economist
Frederick Halsey (1839–1927), English politician
George A. Halsey (1827–1894), American Republican Party politician
Hugh Halsey (1794–1858), NYS Surveyor General 1845–1847
Jehiel H. Halsey (1788–1867), U.S. Representative from New York
John Halsey (privateer) (died 1708), colonial American privateer
John Halsey (musician) (born 1945), English drummer
Lionel Halsey (1872–1948), British Royal Navy officer
Margaret Halsey (1910–1997), American writer
Mark Halsey (born 1961), English football referee
Neal Halsey (born 1945), American pediatrician
Nicholas Halsey (born 1948), heir to the Halsey Baronetcy
Sherman Halsey (1957–2013), American music video and television director
Silas Halsey (1743–1832), U.S. Representative from New York
Simon Halsey (born 1958), English choral conductor
Sir Thomas Halsey, 3rd Baronet (1898–1970), English cricketer and naval officer
Thomas Jefferson Halsey (1863–1951), American Representative from Missouri
Thomas Plumer Halsey (1815–1854), British MP for Hertfordshire (1846–1854)
Sir Walter Halsey, 2nd Baronet (1868–1950), British Army officer
William F. Halsey Sr. (1853–1920), USN officer
William Halsey Jr. (1882–1959), USN naval aviator and admiral in World War II
William Halsey (mayor) (1770–1843), first mayor of Newark, New Jersey
The Halsey baronets, created in 1920
Fictional characters
Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, scientist and creator of the Spartan II project in the Halo series of books and video games.
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