Holly (name)
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Holly |
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| Gender | Unisex |
| Meaning | Holen |
| Origin | Old English |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Holly |
Holly is a given name that has had both feminine and masculine use. The name derives from the name of the plant, from the Old English word holen. Alternate versions include: Hollie, Holli, Holie, etc.
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[edit] Famous Hollys
[edit] 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 Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends as of 2007
- Holly Sherwood, singer
- Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer and model
- Holly Willoughby, British television presenter
[edit] Last name
- Buddy Holly, rock singer of the 1950s
- Lauren Holly, American actress
[edit] 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
