Holiday Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Holliday surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Family name meaning

In old registers, Holiday often stands in for Holliday. Read literally, Holiday points to “born on a holy day”.

Without the “l” of Holliday, Holiday is a simpler written form of the same name. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Holladay and Hallyday. 6,881 Americans were listed as Holiday in the 2010 census. That puts it inside the top 10,000 US surnames. Names that sound alike, such as Halliday, are easily confused in old records.

Get the complete Holiday report, with a museum-style coat of arms.