Holly

English nature name
"holy day"

Holly Origin and Meaning

The name Holly is a girl's name of English origin.

Holly ranks just in British Top 50, but it's been out of favor here since the 1970s Era of Nickname Names. Still, the name may be on her way back as a rejuvenated nature pick.

Jolly Holly has always been among the favorite names for Christmas babies, evoking the symbolic shrub with dark green leaves and bright red berries. And Holly is the flower for the month of December, so it's also among the perfect names for December babies.

A memorable fictional Holly is the enigmatic heroine of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, Holly Golightly (almost named Connie, and with the full name Holiday), played indelibly by Audrey Hepburn. A real life one is actress Holly Hunter. Holly Short is a fairy character in Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl novels. And in Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga, Holly and Jolly are siblings.

# 450 in the US

Holly Rank in US Top 1000

# 360 on Nameberry

Holly Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Holly Popularity

Famous People Named Holly

  • Holly Frazier
    American reality TV personality ("Dance Moms")
  • Holly Marie Willoughby
    English TV presenter
  • Holly Marie Combs
    American actress
  • Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete
    American actress
  • Holly Hunter
    American actress
  • Holly Walsh
    English comedienne and writer
  • Holly Sue Madison
    American reality TV star, model and ex,girlfriend of Hugh Hefner
  • Holly Victoria Hagan
    English reality TV personality ("Geordie Shore")
  • Holly Rowe
    American sportscaster
  • Holly Dunn
    American country music singer
  • Holly Cole
    Canadian jazz singer
  • Holly Black
    American novelist
  • Holly Anna Ramsay (b. 2000)
    daughter of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay
  • Holly Woodlawn
    American actress and Warhol Superstar

Holly in Pop Culture

  • Holly Golightly
    character in book/movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
  • Holly Holiday
    character on TV's "Glee"
  • "Holly Nather
    " novel by Sara Daniell and its main character
  • Holly Hills
    character in the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series
  • Holly J Sinclair
    character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
  • Holly Stewart
    character on TV's 'Rookie Blue'
  • Holly Genero McClane
    character in the Die Hard movie series
  • Holly Short
    character from the Artemis Fowl series
  • Holly White
    baby character on TV's "Breaking Bad"
  • Holly Herkimer
    from the TV series "Shameless"
  • Holly Hamilton
    main character from movie "The Perfect Man"
  • Princess Holly
    from TV series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"
  • Holly Tyler
    character on TV series "What I Like About You"
  • Holly Marten
    character on TV's 'Eureka'
  • Hollis Partridge "Holly" Flax
    character on TV's "The Office"
  • Holly Kennedy
    character in "P.S. I Love You"
  • Holly Alto
    character in "The Sims 3" computer game
  • Hollywood
    California, USA
  • Holly Whyte
    character in video game "Bravely Default"
  • Holly Wheeler
    character in Stranger Things
  • Holly
    girlfriend of Jackson Meyer in YA novel "Tempest"
  • Holly Hobbie
    American writer and illustrator and the name of a fictional character and doll based on her
  • Holly (sometimes spelled "Holy") Joestar Kujo
    character in the manga/anime "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure"
  • Holly O'Hair
    youngest twin princess daughter of Rapunzel in "Ever After High"