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Holman

Updated: April 17, 2025
Updated: April 17, 2025

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (chiefly southern) and Dutch : topographic name for a dweller in a hollow (see Hole).
  • English (chiefly southern) : topographic name for a dweller by a holly tree or on an island, from Middle English holm (see Holme) + man.

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