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Holly - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Holly

[ 2 syll. hol-ly, ho-lly ] The boy name Holly is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is HHAALiy KEY. Holly is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Germanic. Holly is a variant of the name Holleb (English).

Holly is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In the past century Holly has predominantly been a girl name.

Baby names that sound like Holly include Holley (English), Haley (English), Halil, Halley (English), Hau'oli (Hawaiian), Hilal (Arabic), Hilel, Hillel (Hebrew), Howell (Welsh and English), Hywel (Welsh), Hywell (Welsh), Haile (Amharic), Hal (English), Hale (English and Hawaiian), Hall (English), Halola (Hawaiian), Helio (Spanish), Hill (English), Hoyle (English), and Julio (Spanish).

KEY: Pronunciation for Holly: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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