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Surname Etymology and Meaning of HOLLOWAY

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English: habitational name from any of the numerous minor places so called, from Old English hol ‘hollow’, ‘sunken’ + weg ‘way’, ‘path’. In Ireland, it has sometimes been Gaelicized as Ó hAilmhic (see Hulvey).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)