Hallyday Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Whether you spell it Hallyday or Holliday, the story begins in the same place. Its meaning, shared with Holliday, is “born on a holy day”.

Hallyday and Holliday

Records show Hallyday as one of the forms Holliday took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Holladay and Holiday.

In the records

Hallyday coat of arms

Arms linked to Holliday and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Research your Hallyday family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.