Holden

Where Holden comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Holden.

  • 2 syllables
Holden through the years
  1. 1902
    First appearance
    #1,137 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Holden Chow born
    Hong Kong politician
  3. 1981
    Holden Karnofsky born
    American nonprofit executive
  4. 2018
    Peak, #217
    1,732 babies named Holden, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Holden Karnofsky · American nonprofit executive, born 1981
  • Holden Chow · Hong Kong politician, born 1979
  • Holden Chester Richardson · American test pilot, 1878–1960
  • Holden Greiner · American basketball player, born 1991
  • Holden Trent · American soccer player, 1999–2024

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.