Holley

Where Holley comes from

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Holly. * Also as an English surname, from Old English hol (“hollow”) leah (“wood, clearing, meadow”) or Old English hol ēage (“eye”), perhaps a nickname for someone with a missing eye. * Also as an English surname, singular variant of Hollis.
— Wiktionary's entry for Holley
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,800 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1943
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1974
    Peak, #1,107
    105 babies named Holley — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,730.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes

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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.