# Holderness

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #88,428

## Definitions
1. A coastal area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
2. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, named after Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness.
3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

## Etymology
From Old Norse hǫldr (“man, hero”) + nes (“headland”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/holderness