Haile (surname)

Haile is a surname of Ethiopian origin. name meaning "power, might." Pronounced: HY-lee.

It is very common surname in Ethiopia and throughout East Africa and diaspora.

It was second most popular surname in Eritrea followed by 13th most common in Ethiopia.

People with the surname include:


 * Abeba Haile (born 1970), Eritrean singer
 * Almayahu Haile (died 1977), member of the military junta that ruled Ethiopia during the Ethiopian Revolution
 * Asrat Haile (fl. 2000s), former manager of the Ethiopia national football team
 * Berard Haile (1874–1961), Franciscan priest
 * Chanyalew Haile (born 1949), Ethiopian boxer
 * Eugen Haile (1873–1933), German-American composer, singer, and accompanist
 * Ferrell Haile (fl. 2000s–2010s), member of the Tennessee State Senate
 * Gebremedhin Haile (fl. 2010s), Ethiopian football coach who has managed the Ethiopia national football team
 * Getatchew Haile (1932–2021), Ethiopian-American philologist
 * John Haile (died 1535), vicar of Isleworth Middlesex
 * Joseph Haile, namesake of the Joseph Haile House in Providence, Rhode Island
 * Levi Haile (died 1854), Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
 * Margaret Haile (fl. 1900s), Canadian socialist
 * Minasse Haile (born 1930), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia
 * Mitiku Haile (born 1951) Ethiopian professor of soil science
 * Sossina M. Haile (born 1966), American chemist
 * Tadesse Haile (born 1952), Ethiopian boxer
 * Thomas Evans Haile, namesake of the historic Haile Homestead and Haile Plantation, Florida
 * William Haile (New Hampshire politician) (1807–1876), Governor of New Hampshire
 * William H. Haile (1833–1901), Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
 * William Haile (Mississippi politician) (1797-1837), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
 * Yonatan Haile (born 1994), Eritrean cyclist