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<\/a><\/p>\nNeat, huh? Here’s what it means in a nutshell:<\/p>\n
– “Holt” means “wood”, “grove”, or “thicket”
– The background colour azure (blue) signifies loyalty and truth. The cross is a symbol of the Christian faith.
– The squirrel signifies that the bearer was most happy in rural retirement and is a lover of woodland. The hazel branch is a symbol of abundance.
– The Holt motto is “Exaltavit humiles” which means “He has exalted the humble.”<\/p>\n
Neither Jill nor I possess Holt blood. I was adopted into the Holt family at an early age by my dad, for which I am very thankful. I am fond of saying that I am twice adopted; once into the Holt family, and once into God’s family!<\/p>\n
My father is Dennis Holt (brothers Randy, Tom) –> Leroy Holt. Leroy drove trucks in WWII and still has a scar on his cheek from a German sniper (very close call). My uncle Randy Holt (Texas) is an avid student of genealogy and knows a lot more than I.<\/p>\n\n\n
2025 edit: This was first published in 2009, 16 years ago! It has become my most popular blog post ever. This was completely unintentional, but no matter – all Holts are welcome! Please be aware that if you make a comment, it may take a few days for me to approve it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I found two renditions of the Holt coat of arms (aka family crest) today: Neat, huh? Here’s what it means in a nutshell: – “Holt” means “wood”, “grove”, or “thicket”– The background colour azure (blue) signifies loyalty and truth. The cross is a symbol of the Christian faith.– The squirrel signifies that the bearer was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7989,"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/7989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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