Holder
in the US
There are 27,828 people with the last name "Holder" in the United States.
Similar Names and Nicknames
Holden, Holdren, Holdsworth, Holdridge, Holderman, Holdeman, Holding, Holdaway, Holderfield, Hilger
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Meaning & History
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.

