Holland - Meaning of Holland
What does Holland mean?
[ 2 syll. hol-lan(d), ho-lla-nd ] The baby boy name Holland is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being somewhat more common. Its pronunciation is HHAOL-ahND †. Holland's origin, as well as its use, is in the English language. The name is of the meaning lowland, valley.
Holand, Hollan, Hollande, Hollend, Hollende, Hollind, Hollinde, Hollynd, and Hollynde are variants of Holland.
See also the related category english.
Holland is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1911, 0.006% of baby boys were given the name Holland. Its ranking then was #911. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is today of infrequent use. Out of all boy names in its group, Holland was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2018. Though Holland is slightly more popular as a girl name today, there was a period from 1911 to 1912 that it was given more often to boys. From 2014 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Holland.
Baby names that sound like Holland include Hallwende, Halwende, Hellmat, Hellmond, Hellmuth, Hellmyt, Helmat, Helmatt, Helmit, Helmut, Helmuth, Helmuthe, Helmyt, Helmytt, Hollend, Hollende, Hollind, Hollinde, Hollynd, and Hollynde.
† Pronunciation for Holland: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"
