Czech surnames
Holý: what the name means
Holý means “bare, bald”.
In January 2017, 6,754 people in Czechia were named Holý or Holá (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha853
- Around Plzeň311
- Around Brno174
- Around Rakovník161
- Around České Budějovice151
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
In America the name was often written without the Czech accents, so family papers may say Holy.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Holý mean?
Holý means “bare, bald”.
How many people are called Holý in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 6,754 people in Czechia were named Holý or Holá, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Holý most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (853), Plzeň (311), Brno (174).