Holah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Holah

What is the meaning of the name Holah ?

The baby name Holah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced HOH-lah (IPA: /ˈhoʊlə/).

Holah is in Origin.

Holah is a rare, gender-neutral given name most commonly traced to an English surname. That surname is topographic, deriving from Old English holh, meaning “hollow” or “sunken dell,” and referred to someone who lived by a small valley or hollow. Spellings fluctuated regionally, producing forms such as Holah, Hollah, and Hullah in British records. Records cluster in northern counties, reflecting Norse-influenced place-names and fluid medieval spelling.

Adopted as a first name in the modern era, Holah fits the Anglophone fashion for surname–forename crossovers, though it remains uncommon. Some parents also read it as a creative variant of the Arabic Halah/Hala (“halo around the moon”), which lends a luminous meaning. Related or comparable names include Hole, Hollis, Hullah, Halla, and Hala; short forms might be Hol or Holly.

⚙ Holah is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Holah appears only 9 times in total — found in 6 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.