English Explanatory Dictionary

Holroyd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. Some minor, ancient, Anglo-Saxon places.
  3. Some places and roads named after the surname.
  4. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Word forms

Holroyd Holroyds Holroyde

Etymology

English habitational surname from any of various minor places named with Old English holh (“hollow”) + royd (“clearing”).

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