Definition of "Holly"

Holly

proper noun
1. A female given name from English.
  Quotations
  Grandma said, "I used to know a little girl called Holly - she always had her dresses trimmed with red or green." Milly-Molly-Mandy thought that was quite a nice name.
  1929, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 8, in More of Milly-Molly-Mandy
  "Holly, would you mind if I named my little girl 'Holly'? I mean, it's right around Christmas time, and I always think of holly with Christmas.
  2006, Joyce Winters, Let Your Light Shine, page 209
2. A topographic surname from Middle English.
3. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A place in the United States:
  1. A town in Prowers County, Colorado, named after cattleman Hiram S. Holly.
  2. A township and village therein, in Oakland County, Michigan.
  3. A township in Murray County, Minnesota, named after settler John Z. Holly.
  4. An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, named for a large holly tree.
  6. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.