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I kinda like it. Probably a little more for a girl, but could be a spiffy guy name too.
It doesn't seem surnamey to me. I've never seen it as a surname at all. And because of the shape of it - like Holly, and with the -is ending. It's first-namey.

I love Hollis! My new crush (a boy) bears the name; everyone calls him Holl or Holly.

Whenever I see Hollis, I envisage a slender, studious sort of person, in glasses and knitwear, drinking a cup of coffee. I don’t normally have such vivid pictures of names so I wonder if it’s a pop culture reference I’ve forgotten.

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I like it, though, it’s neat and unassuming, and totally gender neutral.

I really like Hollis but only for a boy.

Hollis is one of my favorite names ever since reading A Picture Of Hollis Woods. I always thought I'd name a kid Hollis Avery one day, I like how neutral it is.

Almost sort of like it for a girl, not at all for a boy.

I don't know why, but names that end in the -is or -us sound gross me out. I probably wouldn't like Hollis anyway. With a few exceptions, I don't like last name first names. I do wonder if I'd have such a strong aversion to them if I wasn't a member of this incredibly anti-last name board.

I think it's one of the few neutral names that I actually like equally well on either sex. I like it. It's like the more sophisticated version of the name Holly

One of these sleek, "preppy" surname names that aren't my style, but I don't mind them.

I have an older cousin named it, after a golfer (Hollis Stacy). When I was a kid, I loved it and thought it was one of the prettiest names.

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Now, it sounds kind of like Meredith, Paris, Holly would to me. I don't dislike it, but it seems dated and a little preppy.

Don't like it