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I like the name Holly.

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I definitely only see Holly is as a useable name personally - Hollie reads like a nickname to me.

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I don't see it as seasonal at all.

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That said, I do see it as kind of dated. I think most women I've encountered with the name are middle aged plus. That said, my first associated is Amanda Bynes' character in What I Like About You - and she'd be mid-to-late-30s now.

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I like it. I don't know how useable it is - it is kind of dated - but I like it.

I really like it, much better than Polly or Molly. It’s nice and classic and Christmassy, though I agree that it’s better for a baby not born around Christmas. I’d definitely use Holly rather than Hollie.

I like Holly! It may be slightly dated, but it’d be refreshing to meet a little Holly. I prefer it for babies who are NOT born around Christmas.

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Really not a fan of “alternate” spellings of word names — they’re just misspelled. So Hollie gets a hard no from me.

I only know one Holly. No clue what time of year she was born, and she was born in South Africa anyway, mother born in the UK, father born here. She's in her early 20s. They are now resident in England. Holly's parents are both deaf: her mother has some hearing, can talk and lipread and gets along fine. Father is profoundly deaf but his parents didn't realise that anything could be done so he didn't get the early schooling that would have benefited him greatly. But, it's a good marriage and a happy family. They chose names for their children - Holly has a brother - which their father could more or less identify (he can sign well and lipread a bit). So, in her case, she was born where Christmas is in mid-summer and now lives in Yorkshire, but the name was the best choice from her dad's point of view.

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The only -olly name I enjoy at all is, of all things, Polly. There's a 19th-century Polly on a branch of my family tree: in her case it was a nn for Mary, but I'd be happy with it as a stand-alone.

I know a Hollie in her 30’s. I think it’s a good name.

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I like it spelled like ‘Hollie’. I think I associate ‘Holly’ more with the plant, but that’s because I knew ‘Hollie’ since I was young, so it’s just my lasting impression. If you wanted to use the ‘Holly’ spelling I think it’s great too. Also, don’t think it’s dated at all personally.

I love the name Holly.

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I've known a few Holly's. The youngest I know currently is 22. The eldest is 37.

All the Hollys I've known were born in the '70s. Looking at the popularity stats it makes sense. It entered into the top 100 in 1969, left in 1990.

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That said it's a good name. It never became popular enough to tie it directly to a decade/generation. It's familiar, easy to spell, and pretty. It took me a while to realize the all the Hollys I had known were born in the '70s - their personalities and locations were so different.

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I just remembered, my dad had a cousin named Holly. She would have been born in the '50s.

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And it's totally not tied to winter.

This message was edited 6/17/2023, 3:16 PM

I like it spelt Holly, for girls born any time, not dated, age 0 - 50