Holly - name meaning, origin

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The girl's name Holly \

is pronounced HAH-lee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Holly is "the holly tree". Botanical name first used in the early 20th century. Holly Golightly is the heroine in Truman Capote's nove "Breakfast at Tiffany's", which was made into a film in 1961, starring Audrey Hepburn. The name is often given to daughters born on or near Christmas. Actress Holly Hunter; singer Holly Near.

Holly has 7 variant forms: Hollee, Holleigh, Holley, Holli, Hollie, Hollyann and Hollye.

For more information, see also the related name Hollis.

Baby names that sound like Holly are Hilly, Hally and Holle.

Holly is a very common first name for women (#186 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#3709 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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