English (Surrey and Sussex): habitational name from any of several places called Holcombe (Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Lancashire Oxfordshire Somerset) from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + cumb ‘valley’.
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What is the origin of the name Holcomb?
English (Surrey and Sussex): habitational name from any of several places called Holcombe (Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Lancashire Oxfordshire Somerset) from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + cumb ‘valley’.