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Holmes

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Etymology

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From holme, variant of holm (“islet”).

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Holmes

  1. A northern English surname from Middle English, variant of Holme.
    • 2026 January 21, Clare Duffy, Hadas Gold, “Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump to let her out of prison early”, in CNN Business‎[1], archived from the original on 23 January 2026:
      Last year, a US appeals court upheld the convictions of Holmes and Theranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. It also upheld the $452 million in restitution that Holmes and Balwani were ordered to pay to victims.
  2. A Scottish habitational surname from the place near Dundonald.
    1. Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective.
    2. by extension, someone acting like, or showing the ability of Sherlock Holmes.
  3. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A hamlet in Tarleton parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4319).
  5. A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4192). [1]
  6. A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
    2. An unincorporated community in Wright County, Iowa.
    3. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
    4. A township in Menominee County, Michigan.
    5. A hamlet in the town of Pawling, Dutchess County, New York.
    6. A township in Crawford County, Ohio.
    7. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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References

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  1. ^ Ward map (Rotherham: zoom in)

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

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Holmes m

  1. genitive singular of Holm
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