Entry № 4344 · English origin

Holt Holt — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HOHLT /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Wood / grove (Henry Holt publisher; modern unisex)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "wood / grove (henry holt publisher; modern unisex)".

Holt is from the Old English holt (wood, grove). Anthony Holt — multiple American figures. Charlene Holt — American actress.

Wood / grove.

The name in its native script.

Holt
Transliteration
Holt
Pronunciation
/ hoʊlt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Holt stands.

Holt does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Holts before her.

Real people
Lester Holt
American NBC Nightly News anchor.
born 1959
Holt McCallany
American actor (Mindhunter).
born 1963
In fiction
Holt
Modern American naming.

Names connected to Holt.

The number behind Holt.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Holt reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.