Holly Forename
3,229th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 322,863 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States
Holly Forename User-submission:
Holly is a forename taken from the name of the holly tree, a evergreen whose stiff, glossy, sharp-pointed leaves and clusters of red berries are used in Christmas decorations. The name is derived from the Old English word of holegn.
Holly Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 259,281 | 1:1,398 | 301 |
| England | 100% | 27,222 | 1:2,043 | 342 |
| Canada | 100% | 19,590 | 1:1,691 | 358 |
| Australia | - | 5,075 | 1:2,691 | 460 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,212 | 1:3,743 | 597 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,103 | 1:4,851 | 476 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,015 | 1:3,049 | 456 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,004 | 1:69,787 | 6,700 |
| China | - | 854 | 1:1,599,597 | 39,879 |
| Indonesia | 63% | 742 | 1:347,660 | 29,051 |
| South Africa | 95% | 395 | 1:138,057 | 10,013 |
| Egypt | 50% | 390 | 1:235,643 | 8,182 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 331 | 1:51,064 | 3,468 |
| Philippines | 80% | 286 | 1:370,663 | 13,607 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| DR Congo | 70% | 226 | 1:326,671 | 12,797 |
| Germany | 65% | 220 | 1:439,445 | 4,906 |
| Malawi | 100% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Hong Kong | - | 154 | 1:50,342 | 2,518 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 149 | 1:154,872 | 8,294 |
| Ireland | 100% | 148 | 1:31,375 | 1,268 |
| Guyana | 100% | 145 | 1:5,264 | 953 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 143 | 1:50,014 | 4,490 |
| Haiti | 100% | 136 | 1:78,875 | 4,760 |
| Northern Ireland | 98% | 135 | 1:13,653 | 861 |
| Malaysia | 83% | 131 | 1:232,442 | 12,839 |
| Nigeria | 65% | 128 | 1:1,387,222 | 31,399 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| France | 100% | 104 | 1:639,138 | 6,138 |
| Qatar | 100% | 102 | 1:23,231 | 3,339 |
| India | 60% | 86 | 1:14,126,488 | 376,452 |
| Zambia | - | 84 | 1:188,748 | 6,783 |
| Brazil | 92% | 79 | 1:2,711,850 | 51,856 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Russia | 80% | 76 | 1:1,897,812 | 13,039 |
| Spain | 100% | 70 | 1:664,714 | 7,283 |
| Sweden | 100% | 70 | 1:140,827 | 5,513 |
| Japan | - | 62 | 1:2,064,291 | 19,902 |
| Italy | 75% | 60 | 1:1,017,702 | 8,778 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 51 | 1:26,694 | 2,926 |
| Singapore | 100% | 47 | 1:133,767 | 7,825 |
| Cambodia | 64% | 44 | 1:369,848 | 9,060 |
| Mexico | 87% | 43 | 1:2,887,080 | 14,650 |
| Uganda | 56% | 43 | 1:952,487 | 16,908 |
| Jamaica | - | 40 | 1:72,081 | 3,530 |
| Zimbabwe | 67% | 38 | 1:405,890 | 19,693 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 36 | 1:1,759 | 303 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56% | 36 | 1:226,453 | 19,035 |
| Switzerland | 95% | 33 | 1:248,894 | 5,304 |
| South Korea | - | 32 | 1:173,263 | 7,040 |
| Peru | 77% | 31 | 1:1,025,531 | 13,565 |
| Bermuda | - | 28 | 1:2,315 | 496 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 27 | 1:1,118,589 | 23,272 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 27 | 1:3,430,486 | 3,401 |
| Chile | 96% | 24 | 1:733,634 | 7,584 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 22 | 1:216,725 | 4,817 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Ecuador | - | 21 | 1:844,139 | 7,105 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Jersey | - | 21 | 1:4,761 | 588 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 21 | 1:5,226 | 861 |
| Greece | 100% | 20 | 1:546,727 | 7,050 |
| Afghanistan | 73% | 19 | 1:1,717,027 | 16,500 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Norway | 100% | 19 | 1:270,123 | 6,107 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Denmark | - | 17 | 1:332,323 | 6,094 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Belarus | 88% | 16 | 1:592,649 | 3,645 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Congo | 50% | 16 | 1:313,075 | 6,846 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Panama | 100% | 14 | 1:279,040 | 9,506 |
| Kenya | - | 13 | 1:3,562,085 | 22,986 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 13 | 1:2,670 | 563 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Czechia | 59% | 11 | 1:968,742 | 3,396 |
| Belgium | 100% | 9 | 1:1,276,671 | 14,181 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Belize | 100% | 7 | 1:50,616 | 3,777 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,464 | 919 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Argentina | - | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Cameroon | - | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Poland | 94% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Hollý (2) are calculated separately.
Holly (16,881) may also be a surname.
Holly Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Holly is a forename taken from the name of the holly tree, a evergreen whose stiff, glossy, sharp-pointed leaves and clusters of red berries are used in Christmas decorations. The name is derived from the Old English word of holegn.
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Sample size: 6 (2016)
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