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Holt

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname An English and north-west European topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood.

proper noun

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    A surname An English and north-west European topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood.

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    A placename A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in East Dorset district (OS grid ref SU0203).

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    A placename A number of places in the United Kingdom: A suburb of the town of Hook, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7354).

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    A placename A number of places in the United Kingdom: A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0738).

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    A placename A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8662).

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    A placename A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8262).

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    A placename A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales, on the River Dee, the border with England (OS grid SJ4153).

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: A township in Taylor County, Iowa.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ingham County, Michigan.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Marshall County, Minnesota.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: A township in Marshall County, Minnesota.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Clay County and Clinton County, Missouri.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: A township in Gage County, Nebraska.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: A former township in Adams County, North Dakota, now part of Central Adams, North Dakota.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.

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    A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Franzen, Marathon County, Wisconsin.

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    A placename A village in East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.

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    A placename A municipality in Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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    A placename A hamlet in Overijssel, Netherlands; see Dutch Holt.

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    A placename A village in Tvedestrand municipality, Agder, Norway.

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    A placename A village in Letea Veche, Bacău County, Romania.

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    A placename A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after PM Harold Holt.

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    Variant of Holt CountyA placename Ellipsis of Holt County.

Etymology

English, Dutch, north German, Norwegian and Danish surname, all from the noun holt (“copse, woodland”).

Forms

plural
Holts
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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