# Is Holland useable with my last name?

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**Category:** Girl Names\
**Created:** [September 19, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/is-holland-useable-with-my-last-name/273768 "2016-09-19T16:52:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![theirishsaint](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/theirishsaint/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@theirishsaint](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/theirishsaint)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/is-holland-useable-with-my-last-name/273768/1 "2016-09-19T16:52:54Z")

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I have a last name ending in -and. Is Holl@nd useable? I love Holl@nd and the nn H0lly.  
But nervous about the last name.

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**Author:** ![bonfireazalea](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/bonfireazalea/32/2105_2.png) [@bonfireazalea](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/bonfireazalea)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/is-holland-useable-with-my-last-name/273768/2 "2016-09-19T16:56:42Z")

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It would depend on the last name I think. Something like [name\_u]Holland[/name\_u] [name\_m]Rand[/name\_m] would be okay, if not ideal, but something like [name\_u]Holland[/name\_u] Cartland would be too singsongy for me. If [name\_u]Holland[/name\_u] doesn’t work, you could just name her [name\_f]Holly[/name\_f], which is lovely too.

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**Author:** ![theirishsaint](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/theirishsaint/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@theirishsaint](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/theirishsaint)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/is-holland-useable-with-my-last-name/273768/3 "2016-09-20T06:36:08Z")

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@bonfireazalea thanks. Yeah doesn’t end with -land. I know [name\_f]Holly[/name\_f] is beautiful but I don’t like nn sounding names as full names. Personal preference

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**Author:** ![cactusgram](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/cactusgram/32/17737_2.png) [@cactusgram](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/cactusgram)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/is-holland-useable-with-my-last-name/273768/4 "2016-09-20T06:43:27Z")

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[name\_u]Holland[/name\_u] is so pretty but I can’t seem to picture an ‘-and’ last name that it sounds good with. [name\_f]Do[/name\_f] you like [name\_u]Hollis[/name\_u]?

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**Author:** ![squidly](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/squidly/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@squidly](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/squidly)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/is-holland-useable-with-my-last-name/273768/5 "2016-09-20T06:54:00Z")

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Without knowing the full last name it’s hard to say, but my instinct is that it would probably be fine. If you’re worried about it what about [name\_f]Holiday[/name\_f] nn [name\_f]Holly[/name\_f]? I think both [name\_u]Holland[/name\_u] and [name\_f]Holiday[/name\_f] are great!