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Hayley vs Holly - What's the difference?

hayley | holly |

As proper nouns the difference between hayley and holly

is that hayley is an english placename while holly is .

hayley

English

(Hayley Westenra) (Hayley Williams)

Alternative forms

* Hailey * Haley * (female name only) Hailie, Haylee, Hayleigh, Haylie

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An English placename.
  • (More often spelled Haley).
  • transferred from the surname; rare compared to the female name.
  • transferred from the surname. Popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.

    • Usage notes

    * The female name is usually spelled Haley or Hailey in the U.S., and it became popular later than in the UK.

    Quotations

    * 2000 , Lip Reading , Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 1861053592, page 12 *: Just think of the explanation required one day for all those Kylies and Stings and Hayleys', for heaven's sake! ' Well, it doesn't mean anything, darling - it's from ' Hayley Mills. Well, she's an actress and her mother named her after her own maiden name. No, she was a writer, actually...Oh, shut up and be thankful I didn't call you Sigourney like your father wanted...' * 2007 Crissy Pagdett, Kelly's Destiny: Closest Betrayal , AuthorHouse, ISBN 1434342549, page 98 *: I closed my eyes and listened to him saying the names. *: "That is the one...Hayley Dawn Calvin. That is gorgeous and it fits perfect." *: "I like it too, it sounds good."

    References

    * Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988. * Social Security Administration: given name statistics in the USA * FreeBMD : given name statistics in England and Wales

    External links

    * (wikipedia "Hayley")

    holly

    English

    Noun

    (hollies)
  • Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex , either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
  • The wood from this tree.
  • (with a qualifier) Any of several unrelated plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

    • Derived terms

    * false holly * * holly olive * holly osmanthus * * Hollywood * sea holly