Holderness
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hǫldr (“man, hero”) + nes (“headland”).
Proper noun[edit]
Holderness (countable and uncountable, plural Holdernesses)
- A coastal area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
- A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, named after Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness.
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Holderness is the 30390th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 769 individuals. Holderness is most common among White (91.81%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holderness”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Places in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in New Hampshire, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in New Hampshire, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse
- en:Peninsulas