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I’ve loved it for years and it’s one of the few names my DH and I both love and agree on! I’d give it a 9/10.

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Sturdy, evergreen. I associate it with Ivy, and tree names (Rowan, Willow, Hazel, Juniper, Magnolia) are a thing right now, so it fits in fine imo.
If I reach for word associations, I come up with words like holy, wholly, holistic.

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The only one I've known was beautiful, friendly, athletic and 6'6" tall. I think she'd be in her early/mid 40s? And I have a 40ish cousin named Hollis.

This message was edited 12/25/2020, 11:57 AM

7/10

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This was one of my favorite names, growing up. I have a soft spot for it.

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I also think it just works , which is something I tend to value in names. You can meet a Holly of any age, and it doesn't sound out of place. It's open and friendly, and it has that holiday appeal. It's approachable. It's the red or green ornament you've put on the tree for the past ten years, and sure, there may be more interesting ornaments on that tree, but it wouldn't *look* like Christmas, without it. Okay, enough rambling, lol. Anyway, I like the name.

Holly is charming and warm like Christmas evening in front of a fireplace.

It’s cute, though a bit on the corny side. It can work.

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I’ll give it a 5.5/10, maybe a 6/10 at best.

The youngest one I know is about 18, which isn't really of passé-name age. That said, I don't like it. The only -olly name I enjoy at all, for male or female use, is Polly. Holly seems to be rubbing the public's nose in its tinselly emotional baggage - you have got to love my daughter's name because of all its festive associations. Oh yeah?

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ETA, I forgot the score. 4/10, and that's being generous.

This message was edited 12/25/2020, 7:53 AM

7/10

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It's dated, but pleasantly so, in a quiet and warm way, and due for revival, like Amy, but more Christmas-y.

I have a cousin Holly; interestingly, it's "short" for "Hollis". Or Maybe Hollice? I can't remember, one of those.

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I think it would be cute and unexpected on a new baby, *because* it is passé. It is passé in a friendly, gentle way. So, 6/10.

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I like the combo Holly Claire or Holly Clare quite a bit, the two names have a similar feel for me.

This message was edited 12/25/2020, 2:26 AM

I like it a lot :) I think it's a wonderful name for a new baby. 9/10.

I like holly 8

I like it and it’s the name of the main character of my book.

Wan & passé

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It's a frail bauble of a name. 2/10

Awesome. I think of it primarily as a way of honoring Holly Hunter. 10/10

I think it's really cute, and one of those names that is never really out of style even when it isn't as popular.
I have a cousin named Holly Noelle; she was born around Xmastime, hence the name. I really like both names, though together they're a little bit too obvious.