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HALLIDAY Family History

This unusual and interesting Anglo-Scottish surname, is recorded in a wide variety of spellings. These include Halliday, Halleday, Hallday, Holyday, Hollyday, the dialectal Harriday and the most popular of all, Holliday or Holiday. However spelt the surname is of pre 7th century origins and probably pagan! It is or was, a seasonal surname originally given to someone born on a "holy day", a religious festival. The derivation is from the Olde English word "haligdaeg", composed of the elements "halig", holy, and "daeg", day. Other names conferred as seasonal surnames in a similar way were Christmas and Pask, or Pascall, for those born at Easter...