Name «Holcha»

The name "Holcha" has ancient Slavic roots and serves as a protective name. It is derived from the adjectival base "hol-" (meaning "naked") with the diminutive suffix "-cha." The Old Russian name "Holcha" is mentioned in the works of M. Moroshkin and M. Demchuk.In 1649, names were listed in the village of Zahattia in Transcarpathia, among which was "Holcsa." Over the centuries, the name "Holcha" was primarily used by Ukrainians as a domestic internal family name. In Bulgaria, the name "Golcho" is still considered a diminutive form of "Holyo," which comes from a dialectal word meaning "naked." It serves as a protective name for an "unbathed boy."In the Middle Ages, the term "Holcha" also functioned as a full personal name, inflecting like nouns of the second declension. There are historical records from 1487 mentioning "Holchym" in the city of Lutsk, and from 1539 referring to a peasant named "Holcha Sydorova." In the 16th century, "Holcha" began to be used as a surname.Examples of this surname can be found in documents from the 16th and 17th centuries, including records from 1565 about "Jaczko Holcza" and from 1649 about "Holcsa Lukacs." More information about instances of the surname "Holcha" can be found in works dedicated to this topic.