Female name
Holley
4,690 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1974. Expression number: 5.
Origin
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Holley”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1974: 113 births. 4,690 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1960s to the 2020s. It is given to girls (96%) as well as boys (4%). It really came into use around 1943. It is still given: 203 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
8 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 32 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
6 + 5 = 11
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
8 + 3 + 3 + 7 = 21 → 3
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 4, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.