Globally, Holden (Holden 
, Холден 
, הולדן 
, and others...) is quite a rare male forename. The forename Holden is characteristic of Cuba, where it is quite a rare boy's name, the United States, where it is a rare masculine name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More frequently, Holden is the last name as well as the forename.
Holden is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Holden Caulfield , the iconic anti-hero rebel created by J. D. Salinger in his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye; Holden Carver ; Holden McNeil , the fictive figure from Kevin Smith's jersey movies; Holden Snyder , the soap opera character, As the World Turns and Holden Radcliffe , the fictional character from Marvel Comics.
| millington holden (1707-1755) (b. 1707) |
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| atkinson alexander holden (1808-1882) (b. 1808) |
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| millington warren holden (1816-1829) (b. 1816) |
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hale holden US (b. 1869) |
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| dennison f. holden American politician, US (b. 1835) |
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| atkinson holden (1844-1876) (b. 1844) |
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lansing holden American flying ace (1896-1938), US (b. 1896) |
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| capel holden English army officer and inventor (b. 1856) |
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| lansing c. holden American architect (b. 1858) |
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| sir john holden, 1st baronet British company director (1862-1926) (b. 1862) |
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| sir isaac holden, 5th bt. (1867-1962) (b. 1867) |
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| roy jay holden (b. 1870) |
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| capel lofft holden (b. 1876) |
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| sir george holden, 2nd bt. (1890-1937) (b. 1890) |
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| mostyn ernest eden holden (1900-1902) (b. 1900) |
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