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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Valley

First name variations: Holdin, Holbrook, Holdan, Holdin, Holdon, Holdun, Holdyn

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from places in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, both so named from Old English hol ‘hollow’, ‘sunken’, ‘deep’ + denu ‘valley’. Compare Holcombe.
  2. German: unexplained.

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Ricky Schroeder

This name appears in the following lists: Literary Characters, Mountains and Valleys, Silver Screen, Stars and Planets