Holder

in Alabama

There are 1,118 people with the last name "Holder" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Holder 542
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  1. is 538th most common Frost
  2. is 539th most common Dillard
  3. is 540th most common Barker
  4. is 541st most common Gates
  5. is 542nd most common Holder
  6. is 543rd most common Bolton
  7. is 544th most common Osborne
  8. is 545th most common Johns
  9. is 546th most common Hartley

Most Common First Names for Holder

James, Mary, William, David, John, Kenneth, Amy, Daniel, Richard, Robert



Meaning & History

German: topographic name for someone who lived by an elder tree, Middle High German holder, or from a house named for its sign of an elder tree. In same areas, for example Alsace, the elder tree was believed to be the protector of a house.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Holder ‘elder tree’.

English (chiefly western counties): occupational name for a tender of animals, from an agent derivative of Middle English hold(en) ‘to guard or keep’ (Old English h(e)aldan). It is possible that this word was also used in the wider sense of a holder of land within the feudal system. Compare Helder.


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