Hollis

Where Hollis comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Hollis.

Hollis through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys, with 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1908
    Peak, #290
    56 babies named Hollis, its best rank.
  3. 1967
    Hollis Conway born
    American high jumper
  4. 1991
    Hollis Thompson born
    American basketball player
  5. 2017
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Hollis Conway · American high jumper, born 1967
  • Hollis Thompson · American basketball player, born 1991
  • Hollis Frampton · American filmmaker, 1936–1984
  • Hollis Price · American basketball player, born 1979
  • Hollis B. Chenery · American economist, 1918–1994

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.