First name origins & meanings:
- Old English: Holly bush
- Old English: Holy day; grove of holly trees
First name variations: Hollye, Holli, Hollie, Hollyn, Holea, Holeah, Holee, Hollei, Holleigh, Hollye, Holy, Holliss, Hollister, Hollie, Hollys, Hollyss, Hollis Last name origins & meanings:
- Irish: part-translation of Gaelic Mac Cuilinn (see
McCullen) in County Kerry, and in Ulster sometimes a variant of
McQuillan, also an Anglicized form of Mac Cuilinn. It is
rarely of English origin.
- English: variant spelling of
Holley.
- Possibly an altered spelling of Czech or Slovak
Holý (see Holy).
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Michael Bolton,
Terry Gilliam This name appears in the following lists:
Alliterative Names,
Flowers and Trees,
Literary Characters,
Rock Kings and Queens
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