Given name & surname
Holder
“one who has a beautiful voice”·“one who is muscially talented”
Holder is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who has a beautiful voice” (English) and “one who is muscially talented” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who has a beautiful voice” (English) and “one who is muscially talented” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Holder through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 26 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 31,959 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Holder’s family of names
Holder has a related form in Holdar. Holder has a related form in Holdir. Holder has a related form in Holdor.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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