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Holly

Holly is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Female
Confidence
High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Ireland, Great Britain
US records 1880–2017
1,540 male / 199,855 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Holly

If you do not know Holly’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Holly,” in English, “Guten Tag Holly,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Holly,

German

Guten Tag Holly,

French

Bonjour Holly,

Spanish

Estimado/a Holly:

Chinese

Holly您好：

Japanese

Holly様

English

Hi Holly,

German

Hi Holly,

French

Salut Holly,

Spanish

Hola Holly,

Chinese

Holly你好：

Japanese

Hollyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Holly by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesvery commonwoman's name
Irelandrarewoman's name
Great Britainrarewoman's name

United States birth data

1,540 male · 199,855 female · 201,395 births recorded

Male ≈ 0.8%Female ≈ 99.2%

Records from 1980–2017: 0.3% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Holly a male or female name?

Holly is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Holly in an email?

If you do not know Holly’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Holly,” in English, “Guten Tag Holly,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Holly a unisex name?

Holly is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Holly a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/holly. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_holly,
  title  = {Is Holly a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/holly},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}