Hollis

Hollis comes from the Old English holegn, a holly tree, and once meant simply the person who lived by the hollies. It's been a surname in New England for generations, sometimes a boy's name, now increasingly a girl's and an everyone's. Ranked 1053, Hollis carries a crisp mid-century librarian vibe and a hint of winter greenery, the sort of name that feels familiar before you've met anyone wearing it. Two syllables, a soft H and a whispered s, it sounds like a name read from a spine of a novel. Wintery, learned, quietly charming, Hollis wears its tweed well.