title: Haile (surname)
text: # 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
  