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10/30/2023, 3:52 AM Felie
1/30/2016, 7:25 AM Sofia merge 2 names
2/22/2015, 2:13 PM schmidthollowaycs

Name Holloway
Type Surname (from location)
Other Forms FormsHalliwell, Haliwell, Hallawell, Hallewell, Helliwell, Holliwell, Hollowell, Holwell, Halegewelle, Haliwelle, Halwell, Halwill, Halgewilla, Holywell, Halewell
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

Variant of Halliwell, from Old English halig (holy) and well(a) (well or spring)
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From any of the numerous minor places so called, from Old English hol ‘hollow’, ‘sunken’ + weg ‘way’, ‘path’. In Ireland, it has sometimes been Gaelicized as Ó hAilmhic.
Added 2/22/2015 by schmidthollowaycs