Given name & surname · also Old English
Hole
“round hill, mound”
Hole is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Dutch. It is used in English and Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hole goes back to Old Norse hóll, meaning “round hill, mound.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Hole comes from Old English, and ultimately from Dutch.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English holh (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulwī, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją, from Norwegian Hole, from Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”), from Dutch van Hole.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hole’s family of names
In English usage, Hole as a surname shares a linguistic root with Holle. In English usage, Hole as a surname has a related form in HOLES. In English usage, Hole as a surname has a related form in HOLL.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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60% boys · 40% girls
Hoppes
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