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*’holly’ is an english-language ‘surname’ / ‘given name’*
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“holly is a special name and known as as an ‘english’ or ‘irish’ surname (variant holley) 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”)
(in ireland, it was also used as a translation of the name ‘maccuilinn’, which is derived from cuileann, the gaelic name of the ‘holly tree’, and by extension sometimes of the similar sounding ‘mcquillan’ surname of ‘ulster’)
(the masculine names holly (/ ‘hollie’) were derived from the surname, but have mostly fallen out of use since the mid=20th century due to the rise in popularity of the feminine name)
(‘hollis’ is an english surname derived from a ‘middle english’ holis “[dwelling by] holly trees”; it was also used as a ‘masculine given name’)
(‘holly’ (variant hollie) was first used as a ‘feminine given name’ in the ’20th century’, as a “botanical” girl’s name, in reference to, or at least secondarily associated with, the ‘holly tree’)
(while the ‘feminine name’ is on record in the ‘united states’ since the ‘1930s’, its surge in popularity was due to holly golightly, the socialite protagonist in truman capote’s breakfast at tiffany’s (1958), which was made into a film starring ‘audrey hepburn’ in ‘1961’)
(the name of this character is stated to be short for holiday (rather than a reference to the ‘plant’))
(the name peaked in popularity in the ‘united states in the ‘1970s’ and ‘1980s’, and has declined since, ranking at #380 in the ‘united states’ as of ‘2009’)
(it was popularly given in ‘england’ and ‘wales’ during the ‘2000s’, staying in the ‘top 30 girls’ names’ throughout ‘1996’ – ‘2012’, with a peak at #12 in ‘2002’ (and dropping to #33 as of ‘2013’))
(a tendency to give the name to girls born on or near ‘christmas’ has also been observed)
(more recent eccentric spellings of the feminine name include holli (1970s), holleigh, hollee, hollye)
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“ALTERNATE SPELLINGS” –>
(*start with ‘most common spelling”)
(is there an ‘international body’ monitoring ‘first names’)
(i’d rather start with ‘my preferred spelling’ and go from there)
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‘IPA’ –>
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“DEFINITION”
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“ETYMOLOGY”
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*”THE GOLD STANDARD(S)”*
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*RELATIVES*
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*ALLIED FLOWERS*
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*THE DAMNED*
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*FICTIONAL (***PLURAL***)*
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*”SONGS FOR ‘—***SINGULAR***—’*
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*NICKNAMES*
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*WIKI-LINK*
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👈👈👈☜*“FEMALE FIRST NAMES”* ☞ 👉👉👉
*BEGINNING IN ‘H’*
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