Holly (name)

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name = Holly


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meaning = Holen
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origin = Old English
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Holly is a given name that has feminine use. The name derives from the name of the plant, from the Old English word "holen". Alternate versions include: Hollie, Holli, Holie, etc.

Famous Hollys

First name

*Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
*Holly Marie Combs, American actress
*Holly Gibbs, British actress
*Holly Michelle Gilliam, birthname of Michelle Phillips, American singer and actress
*Holly Golightly, British singer and songwriter
*Holly Golightly (comic-book artist)
*Holly Holyoake, Welsh soprano
*Holly Hobbie, American children's book author and her character of the same name
*Holly Hunter, Oscar-winning actress
*Holly Johnson, singer
*Holly Madison, one of The Girls Next Door
*Holly Sherwood, singer
*Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer and model
*Holly Willoughby, British television presenterHolly Thomas
*Holly Sutherland, Famous Newbigginer.

Last name

*Buddy Holly, rock singer of the 1950s
*Lauren Holly, American actress

Fictional characters

*Holly (Red Dwarf), a central character on the British TV series "Red Dwarf"
*Holly Golightly, the main character of Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
*Holly Short, a character in the Artemis Fowl children's book series
*Holly, the main character of the WB TV series "What I Like About You"
*Holly, a character in many songs by the rock band The Hold Steady