Submitted Surnames with "hole" in Meaning

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword hole.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Anabuki Japanese
穴 (Ana) means "hole, pit" and 吹 (buki) means "blow into".
Anai Japanese
From Japanese 穴 (ana) meaning "hole, pit" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Anamizu Japanese
From 穴 (ana) meaning "hole" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Anazawa Japanese
From Japanese 穴 (ana) meaning "hole, opening, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Auk Estonian
Auk is an Estonian surname meaning "pit" or "hole".
Blackwell English
From an English place name derived from Old English blæc meaning "black" and wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".
Coyac Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl coyahuac "broad, wide" or coyoctic "a hole, something with a hole in it".
De La Hoya Spanish
Means "of the hole" in Spanish.
Dou Chinese
From Chinese 窦 (dòu) meaning "hole, burrow".
Dovbyk Ukrainian
Means "one who works with wood", from Ukrainian довбати (dovbaty), which means "to dig, to make a hole, to cut out" (referring to wood in this case).
Hole English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a depression or low-lying spot, from Old English holh "hole, hollow, depression".
Holl German, Dutch
Topographic name meaning "hollow" or "hole", from Middle Low German and Middle High German hol.
Holman Dutch
Topographic or habitational name from Dutch hol "hollow, hole" or Middle Dutch heule "arched bridge, weir". It can also derive from the given name Holle, a short form of names containing the element hold "loyal, faithful, gracious".
Holman English
Uncertain etymology. Could be a topographic name derived from Old English holh "hollow, hole" or holm, which can mean either "holly" or "small island" (see Holme), combined with man "man, person"... [more]
Houle French (Quebec)
Either from Old French hole, houle, "hole, cave", or a deformation of Houde.
Howden English, Scottish
Either a Scottish habitational name from Howden (Midlothian Dumfriesshire). Or a variant of Haldane... [more]
Hoya Spanish
is a habitational (local) name, taken on from any of several place names, such as from Hoyos in Cáceres province, or Hoyos in Ávila province. These place names come from the Spanish words "hoyo," meaning "pit," or "hole."
Hoyle Welsh, English
Derived from Old English holh meaning "hole". It is thought to have originally been a name for someone who lived in a round hollow or near a pit.
Jaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇穴 (Jaana) meaning "snake pit", from 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpant" and 穴 (ana) meaning "hole; pit".
Jonda Spanish (Latin American, Japanized), American (Hispanic)
Jondá means Slingshot and hole in Spanish and is a surname in some Latin American countries and Americans with Hispanic heritage. It is a Japanized form of the surname Honda... [more]
Kazaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風穴 (kazaana) meaning "air hole", referring to a place with many air holes.
Kolk Dutch
Means "whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom" or "bog pond, watering hole".
Kong Chinese
From Chinese 孔 (kǒng) meaning "hole, opening". According to legend, this name was created by Cheng Tang, the founder and first king of the Shang dynasty. He formed it by combining the character for his family name, 子 () (his full personal name was Zi Lü), with 乙 (yǐ), the second part of his style name, Da Yi (or Tai Yi)... [more]
Koop Estonian
Derived from Estonian koopa, the genitive form of koobas meaning "cave; hole, burrow".
Kuilart Dutch
Derived from Dutch kuil "pit, hole in the ground", probably part of a toponym.
Kuroi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".
Lachtrup German
Probably from a place name using the suffix -trup, related to dorf meaning "village". The first element could be lach "laugh, smile", or a corruption of loch "hole, pit".
Loch German
From German Loch "hole", ultimately derived from Middle High German loch "hole, hollow, valley".
Ludwell English
From the Old English elements hlud meaning "famous, loud" and well meaning "well, spring, water hole"
Maguadok Chamorro
Chamorro action word for "to dig a hole (in the ground)".
Mizui Japanese
Mizu means "water" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".
Putxeta Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood of the municipality of Abanto, Biscay, possibly derived from Basque putzu "well, hole, puddle" and -eta "place of, abundance of".
Sakii Japanese
Saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".
Verkuilen Dutch, Flemish
Reduced form of van der Kuylen, a topographic name derived from kuil "pit, quarry, hole in the ground", or a habitational name for someone from Kuil in East Flanders or Kuilen in Limburg.
Zuloaga Basque
From the name of a settlement in Biscay, Spain, meaning "place of holes" in Basque, derived from zulo "hole, pit, burrow, opening" and -aga "place of, abundance of".