Holly
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See also: holly
English
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Etymology
- As an Irish surname, calque of mac cuilinn (“holly”) (see McCullen) and sometimes McQuillan.
- As an English surname, variant of Holley.
- As a Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Holý, Holy.
- Also as a locational English surname, from Old English hol leah (“wood, clearing, meadow”), compare Hollywood.
- Also as an English surname, short form of Holiday.
- Also as an English surname, after the holly tree.
- As a feminine given name popularized by Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's (especially the 1961 film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn).
Proper noun
Holly
- A female given name from English.
- 1929, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 8, in More of Milly-Molly-Mandy:
- Grandma said, "I used to know a little girl called Holly - she always had her dresses trimmed with red or green." Milly-Molly-Mandy thought that was quite a nice name.
- 2006, Joyce Winters, Let Your Light Shine, →ISBN, page 209:
- "Holly, would you mind if I named my little girl 'Holly'? I mean, it's right around Christmas time, and I always think of holly with Christmas.
- A topographic surname from Middle English.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A place in the United States:
- A town in Prowers County, Colorado, named after cattleman Hiram S. Holly.
- A township and village therein, in Oakland County, Michigan.
- A township in Murray County, Minnesota, named after settler John Z. Holly.
- An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, named for a large holly tree.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.