Given name & surname

Holderby

Holderby is a surname from Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Holderby comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Holderby’s family of names

In English usage, Holderby as a surname has a related form in Holdenby.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Holderby, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Holtby

“settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Hornsby

“serpent” · “settlement”

No U.S. birth series

71% boys · 29% girls

Old Norse

Holderness

“man, hero”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Owenby

“settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Hanby

“farmstead, settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Sowerby

“mud, dirt, sour ground”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Enderby

“farmstead; village”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Ellerby

“farmstead; settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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