Holyfield

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Hollifield, Hollyfield

Etymology

From Old English hāliġ (“holy, sacred”) + feld (“field”); equivalent to holy +‎ field.

Proper noun

Holyfield (countable and uncountable, plural Holyfields)

1. A hamlet in Waltham Abbey parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL3803).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Holyfield is the 16157^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1790 individuals. Holyfield is most common among White (58.88%) and Black/African American (34.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holyfield”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196.