Holle Surname Guide

Clerks wrote Holley in many ways, and Holle is one that stuck. In origin, the name means “Clearing in a hollow”.

A variant of Holley

Holle is listed among the recognised spellings of Holley. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Hollie, Holly and Holey.

Holle ranked 14,316 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,090 people answering to the name. From 1891 to 2000, 339 births in France were registered under Holle. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Halle and Hille.

Heraldry and the Holle name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Holley surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

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