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Holland

in Massachusetts

There are 1,704 people with the last name "Holland" in Massachusetts.

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Holland 348
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  1. is 344th most common Machado
  2. is 345th most common Hanson
  3. is 346th most common Dolan
  4. is 347th most common Monteiro
  5. is 348th most common Holland
  6. is 349th most common Jean
  7. is 350th most common Ramirez
  8. is 351st most common Maguire
  9. is 352nd most common Nolan

Most Common First Names for Holland

John, Robert, James, Michael, Joseph, Richard, William, Thomas, David, Mary

Meaning & History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓileáin, a variant of Ó hAoláin, from a form of Faolán (with loss of the initial F-), a personal name representing a diminutive of faol ‘wolf’. Compare Whelan.

English and Scottish: habitational name from Holland, a division of Lincolnshire, or any of the eight villages in various parts of England so called, from Old English hōh ‘ridge’ + land ‘land’. The Scottish name may also be from places called Holland in Orkney, Houlland in Shetland, Hollandbush in Stirlingshire, and Holland-Hirst in the parish of Kirkintilloch.

English, German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and Dutch: regional name from Holland, a province of the Netherlands.

FOREBEARS This is the name of an important English landowning family, traceable to Upholland in Lancashire in the 13th century. The surname is particularly common in southern Lancashire.

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