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[Surname] Re: Holinko?

by Jim Young (guest)

1/3/2007, 7:08 AM

Having looked at a Ukrainian dictionary I think we can get rid of head (holova) and stick with naked (holiy) or shaved/shaven (holiyty).

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- Elena Alexandra +1

1/4/2007, 7:24 AM

I agree :)

- Jim Young (guest)

1/5/2007, 5:36 AM

The Oxford Dictionary of Surnames has a couple of Slavic names that might be considered cognate - Czech Holyk and Polish Golinski. The suggested explanations for these are "naked" or "hairless" , which seems to confirm our previous ideas.

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