# Holley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,182

## Definitions
1. A topographic surname from Middle English.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:

## Etymology
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Holly.
* Also as an English surname, from Old English hol (“hollow”) leah (“wood, clearing, meadow”) or Old English hol ēage (“eye”), perhaps a nickname for someone with a missing eye.
* Also as an English surname, singular variant of Hollis.

## Easily confused with
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-holy)
- **honey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-honey)
- **holly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-holly)
- **hotly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-hotly)
- **homey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-homey)
- **Hoyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-hoyle)
- **Holmes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-holmes)
- **hollow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-hollow)
- **hurley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-hurley)
- **Hollis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-hollis)
- **Huxley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-huxley)
- **Holtby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-holtby)
- **hole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hole-vs-holley)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holes-vs-holley)
- **Haley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haley-vs-holley)
- **Halle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halle-vs-holley)
- **hilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilly-vs-holley)
- **holed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holed-vs-holley)
- **hokey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hokey-vs-holley)
- **holla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holla-vs-holley)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hholley`, `hloley`, `holely`, `holey`, `holleyy`, `hollye`, `ohlley`

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