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Throughout the world, Holi (Holy , Holi , הולי ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The given name Holi is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Madagascar, where it is quite a common girly name, Ghana, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very seldom girly name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare epicene name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, Madagascar, and Indonesia. Also, Holi is the last name as well as the forename.
Holi is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Holly , the player character from the 2021 video game Back 4 Blood; Holly Short , the character of the Artemis Fowl novel series by Eoin Colfer; Holly Robinson , the fictional character in DC universe, Batman: Year One; Holly Holliday , the character in the television series Glee and Holly Golightly , the fictional character created by Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and in many other works.