Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English, Scottish Pronounced Pron. /ˈhoʊmz/(English) /ˈhoʊlmz/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887. Related NamesDetails VariantsHollins, Holme, Hume(English) Holme, Hume(Scottish) Other Languages & CulturesHolm(Danish) Holm(Norwegian) Holm(Swedish) Categories Agatha Christie characters, ballerinas, boxers, child actors, cornetists, fictional characters, guitarists, islands, isograms, murderers, trees, TV presenters