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Surname Etymology and Meaning of HOLROYD

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English (Yorkshire): habitational name from any of various minor places in northern England so named from Old English hol ‘hollow’, ‘sunken’ + rod ‘clearing’ (see Rhodes).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)