Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English, Scottish Pronounced Pron. HOMZ(English) HOLMZ(English) [key·IPA] Expand LinksMeaning & History Variant of HOLME. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887. DetailsRelated Names VariantsHollins, Holme, Hume(English) Holme, Hume(Scottish) Categories trees Entry updated June 13, 2019 ·