Holley (surname)
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, actress
- Alexander H. Holley, a Governor of Connecticut
- Alexander Lyman Holley, mechanical engineer
- Charles Hardin Holley, real name of singer Buddy Holly
- George Holley (1885–1942), England international footballer
- Horace Holley (1781-1827), Unitarian minister and president of Transylvania University
- Horace Holley (1887-1960), prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith
- James W. Holley, III, politician
- Kerrie Holley, software architect
- Lonnie Holley, artist
- Martin Holley, Roman Catholic prelate
- Marietta Holley, humourist
- Michael Holley, sports commentator
- Myron Holley (1779–1841), NY politician
- Orville L. Holley (1791–1861), NYS Surveyor General 1838-1842
- Robert W. Holley, biochemist
- Sam Holley, Baseball umpire
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
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