Holt Name Study
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Location: Denmark, North Germany and Norway
Surnames/tags: Holt Holst Holte
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About the Project
The Holt Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Holt name; it’s origins. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Holt name, including "Holst” and "Holtz".
As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically, by time period, or by topic. These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other.
Also see the related surnames and surname variants.
How to Join
To join the Holt Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!
If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: J. Holst for assistance.
Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:
Origins
The lastname Holt is a place name, of Proto-Germanic (Denmark, south Sweden, southern Norway, Schleswig-Holstein and northern Lower Saxony) origin and means a small wood or grove of trees. It derives from the Old English word "holt" (near-synonym of wold) and the German word "Holz" (Wald).
You can divide the Holt lastname into two/three categories respectively: the English Holts, the German Holts and the Scandinavian Holt’s.
Research Pages
Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!
Membership
Related Surnames and Surname Variants
- Holst: This lastname can have mutiple origins, so check before if it's of Proto-Germanic origin.
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