Type Surname (from location)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈhoʊmz/(English) /ˈhoʊlmz/(English)  [key·simplify]

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)

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Entry updated April 25, 2021