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][2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Addison Holley (born 2000), Canadian actress
- Alexander H. Holley (1804–1887), American politician
- Alexander Lyman Holley (1832–1882), mechanical engineer
- Charles Hardin Holley, real name of singer Buddy Holly (1936–1959)
- Bernard Holley (1940–2021), British actor
- Candice Holley (born 1981), American basketball player
- George Holley (1885–1942), England international footballer
- Horace Holley (minister) (1781–1827), Unitarian minister and president of Transylvania University
- Horace Holley (Baháʼí) (1887–1960), prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith
- James W. Holley III (1926–2012), American politician
- John Holley (poker player), American professional poker player with 9 Circuit rings
- John M. Holley (1802–1848), American politician
- Kerrie Holley, American software architect
- Lonnie Holley (born 1950), American artist
- Martin Holley (born 1954), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Marietta Holley (1836–1926), American humorist
- Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846), American historical writer
- Michael Holley (born 1970), American sports commentator
- Myron Holley (1779–1841), American politician
- Orville L. Holley (1791–1861), American politician
- Robert Holley (disambiguation), several people
- Sallie Holley (1818–1893), American educator and anti-slavery activist
- Sam Holley, American baseball umpire
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References[edit]
- ^ "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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