What is "holman"

Holman may refer to:

Holman is an English and Dutch surname first recorded in Essex, England in the subsidy rolls of 1327, but likely dating to before the Norman conquest. There are variants including: Hollman and Holeman. It is uncommon as a given name.

There a three main theories as to the meaning of the name, one occupational and two topographical:

• " Holy man" - stemming from the Old English words Hol or Hool, meaning holy.
• "Dweller in a hollow (hole)" - stemming from the Old English holh, meaning hollow or hole.
• "Dweller by a holly tree/Dweller on an island" - from Middle English holm, meaning holly or island.

Holman is a masculine given name which may refer to:

• Holman Day (1865 – 1935), American author
• William Holman Hunt (1827 – 1910), British painter
• Holman S. Melcher (1841 – 1905), American Civil War officer
• Holman Williams (1912 – 1967), American boxer
• Holman Lopez (1993 – Present), American hole dweller