Holley (surname)
Appearance
Holley is an English surname. It is either locational, ultimately derived an Old English hol lēah "[dwelling by] the clearing by the hollow", or descriptive, from hol-ēage "hollow-eyed".[1] A masculine given name Hollie was derived from the surname, recorded in the United States for the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Addison Holley, Canadian actress
- Alexander H. Holley, American politician
- Alexander Lyman Holley, mechanical engineer
- Charles Frederick Holly, Justice of the Colorado Territorial Supreme Court
- Charles Hardin Holley, real name of singer Buddy Holly
- George Holley (1885–1942), England international footballer
- Horace Holley (minister), Unitarian minister and president of Transylvania University
- Horace Holley (Baháʼí), prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith
- James W. Holley III, American politician
- Kerrie Holley, American software architect
- Lonnie Holley, American artist
- Martin Holley, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Marietta Holley, American humorist
- Michael Holley, American sports commentator
- Myron Holley (1779–1841), American politician
- Orville L. Holley (1791–1861), American politician
- Robert W. Holley, American biochemist
- Sam Holley, American baseball umpire
- Aubrey Holley, (1934-2005) Championship Racing Pioneer
See also
References
- ^ "Holley, a surname of England, Holly of Ireland, from Old English hol and lēah - (dweller by the) clearing in the hollow, or hol and ēage — hollow-eye, a nickname" E. Seary, William Kirwin, Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, 1998, p. 255.
- ^ behindthename.com