Holyoak Family History
Holyoak Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire): habitational name from Holy Oakes (Leicestershire) or else a topographic name from residence near a ‘holy oak’ (or ‘gospel oak’) from Middle English holy ‘holy’ + oke ‘oak’ (Old English hālig + āc). This oak would have marked a parish boundary where during the annual beating the bounds on Rogation Days a halt was made for a Gospel reading.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022