Holley (surname)

Holley is an English surname. It is either locational, ultimately derived an Old English hol lēah "[dwelling by] the clearing by the hollow", or descriptive, from hol-ēage "hollow-eyed".[1] A masculine given name Hollie was derived from the surname, recorded in the United States for the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]


Notable people with the surname include:

See also

References

  1. "Holley, a surname of England, Holly of Ireland, from Old English hol and lēah - (dweller by the) clearing in the hollow, or hol and ēage hollow-eye, a nickname" E. Seary, William Kirwin, Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, 1998, p. 255.
  2. behindthename.com


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