Holmes

Type Surname (from location)
Usage English, Scottish
Pronounced Pron. HOMZ(English) HOLMZ(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.

Related Names

VariantsHollins, Holme, Hume(English) Holme, Hume(Scottish)
Other Languages & CulturesHolm(Danish) Holm(Norwegian) Holm(Swedish)

Categories

boxers, fictional characters, islands, murderers, trees
Entry updated April 25, 2021