HOLT

(origin: Local) A small hanging wood, from Hultz, Dutch, a wood; a peaked hill covered with wood; a grove of trees around a house.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

HOLT. Halliwell says a grove, or small forest. On the South Downs generally, if not always, it is a small hanging wood. See other definitions in Eng. Surn. i. 75.' Leo says copse or wood, corresponding with the Germ. holz. The H.R. forms are De, Dela, Del, and Le Holt. There are towns and places specifically named Holt in Norfolk, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and Leicestershire.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.