Given name & surname

Holway

“hollow”

Holway is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Holway goes back to Old English holh, meaning “hollow.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Holway comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English holh (“hollow”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Holway’s family of names

In English usage, Holway as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with HOLLOWAY.

Walk Holway’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

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.

Similar names

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

Old English · Nature

Hookway

“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”

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Old English

Horsey

“horse”

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Old English · Nature

Horley

“meadow”

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Old English

Hordley

“hoard, treasure”

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Old English

Holroyd

“hollow”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Woolway

“wolf” · “war, battle”

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Old English

Hopwood

“valley among hills”

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Old English

Horwood

“mud, muck”

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Sibling ideas

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