English Explanatory Dictionary

Holley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A topographic surname from Middle English.
  2. A female given name from English.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida.
  5. An unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia.
  6. A village in Murray, Orleans County, New York.
  7. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon.

Word forms

Holley

Etymology

* 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.

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