Holly (name)

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Holly is an English given name that has mostly feminine use. The name derives from the name of the plant, from the Old English word holen.^[1] Because holly is used as decoration at Christmas, Holly is a name given to girls born around that time or after. Alternate versions include: Hollie, Holli, Holie, etc.^[2] As a first name in 2009, Holly ranked #380 for most popular girl baby name in the United States^[3] and the 24th most popular girl's name in England in 2012.^[4]

Notable Hollys

First name

• Holly Black, American writer (Spiderwick Chronicles)
• Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
• Holly Marie Combs, American actress
• Holly Fulger, American actress
• Holly Gibbs, British actress
• Holly Michelle Gilliam, birthname of Michelle Phillips, American singer and actress
• Holly Golightly (singer), British singer and songwriter
• Holly Golightly (comics), American comic book writer and artist
• Holly Holyoake, Welsh soprano
• Holly Hunter, Oscar-winning actress
• Holly Johnson, singer
• Holly Larocque, Canadian actress
• Holly Lincoln, Canadian soccer forward
• Holly Madison, one of The Girls Next Door
• Holly Miranda, American singer
• Holly Palance, American actress, daughter of veteran actor Jack Palance
• Holly Robinson Peete, American actress, singer and author
• Holly Sampson, American porn performer
• Holly Sherwood, singer
• Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer and model
• Holly Beth Vincent, American musician
• Holly Walsh, British comedian
• Holly Willoughby, British television presenter
• Holly Woodlawn, Puerto-Rican actress and Warhol Superstar

Last name

• Anton Holly, American politician
• Buddy Holly (1936–1959), American rock musician, singer and songwriter
• Daven Holly, American football player
• Lauren Holly, American actress
• The Holly Cousins, a kayfabe family in American professional wrestling:
  • Hardcore Holly (real name Robert Howard; born 1963)
  • Crash Holly (real name Michael Lockwood; 1971–2003)
  • Molly Holly (real name Nora Benshoof, née Greenwald; born 1977)

Fictional characters

• Holly Hobbie, American children's book author and her character of the same name
• Holly (Red Dwarf), a central character on the British TV series Red Dwarf
• Holly Robinson, DC Comics character and a frequent ally and sidekick of Catwoman
• Holly Golightly, the main character of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Holly J. Sinclair, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Holly Short, a character in the Artemis Fowl children's book series
• Holly Tyler, the main character of the WB TV series What I Like About You
• Holly, a character in many songs by the rock band The Hold Steady
• Holly Flax, a character on The Office
• Holly Shumpert, a character in the sitcom The King of Queens
• Holly Gribbs, a character in the series premier of the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Holly Kennedy, the main character in Cecila Ahern's Novel PS, I Love You
• Holly Martins, played by Joseph Cotten in Carol Reed's The Third Man
• Holly Sullivan, a character in the movie The Wedding Singer played by Christine Taylor
• Holly Hills, a character from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
• Holly Holliday, a character from Glee, played by Gwyneth Paltrow
• Holly White, is Walter White's daughter, in the series "Breaking Bad"
• Holly Stewart, a character in the series "Rookie Blue"
• Holly Would, from the movie Cool World

References

1. ↑ Behind the Name-"Holly" http://www.behindthename.com/name/holly
2. ↑ Think Baby Names-"The Meaning of Holly" http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Holly
3. ↑ U.S. Social Security Administration Baby Names Database http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
4. ↑ "Holly". Englishgirlsnames.