Holian Family History
Holian Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓileáin a variant of Ó hAoileáin from a form of Faolán (with loss of the initial F-) a personal name representing a diminutive of faol ‘wolf’. Compare Whelan and Heelan .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022