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
Holley through the years
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,800 among girls with 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 on, more girls have.
  3. 1974
    Peak, #1,107
    105 babies named Holley, its best rank.
  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.