The holderness Surname
holderness Name Meaning and History
English: regional name from the coastal district of eastern
Yorkshire (now Humberside), the origin of which is probably Old Norse
holdr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest
England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal
nobility immediately below that of earl, + nes ‘nose’,
‘headland’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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