About the Holth Surname

Anyone researching Holth should also look under Holt. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Dweller by a wood”. Holth adds “h” to Holt, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Holdt, Holtz and Holte.

Arms linked to Holt and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Holth report, with a museum-style coat of arms.