Holley

English

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.

Proper noun

Holley

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

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