Why does Holland have two names, Holland and Netherlands?

Answer 1

Netherlands or Holland?
The official Name of the country is Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of three parts: the Netherlands itself in Western Europe and the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in the Caribbean.

The name Netherlands means land at low elevation. The Netherlands is divided into twelve provincies (provinces): Drenthe • Flevoland • Friesland • Gelderland • Groningen • Limburg • North Brabant • North Holland • Overijssel • South Holland • Utrecht • Zeeland.
Holland and its cognates technically refer only to the provinces of North and South Holland, but they are popularly used for the whole country, in honor of the role the two western provinces North and South Holland played in its history (1600's). But the name of Holland catch up in the world (It's easy to say and remember Holand instead of Netherlands)

Answer 2

Netherlands comes from the way Holland has been built: Holland is a territory that has been gained over the seas.
Basically a certain amount of Holland was under the seas before but people would expand their territories and took it from the sea and not from a war.

And Holland is just the name of the country just like there is England or Spain or France.

Answer 3

The meaning of Holland is Hollow land which goes with what everyone else is saying about it being under the sea once upon a time.

Answer 4

Holland it the bit that used to be underwater and it is below sealevel. The netherlands is the other bit

Answer 5

Please see the webpage for more details on Netherlands