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This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword holly.
usage
meaning
Hollins English
Referred to someone living by a group of holly trees, from Old English holegn.
Holme English, Scottish
Referred either to someone living by a small island (northern Middle English holm, from Old Norse holmr) or near a holly tree (Middle English holm, from Old English holegn).
Holmes English, Scottish
Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.
Hume Scottish, English
Variant of Holme. A famous bearer was the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).