Holten
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.
Holten by the numbers
Holten was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Holten
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Holten. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Holdenfrom the hollow valley1,531 in the US (2017)
- Holtonwood on a promontory or hollow43 in the US (2017)
- Holterdweller by the holly tree5 in the US (2017)
- Holdynfrom the hollow valley; a modern respelling of Holden49 in the US (2017)
- Holleyholly tree; a form of Holly41 in the US (2017)
- Hiltonhill settlement15 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Holten
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