Holmes

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English-language surname family name surname

Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Sherlock Holmes 21
Mycroft Holmes 3
Enola Holmes 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-language surname ⓘ
family name ⓘ
surname ⓘ
category English-language surnames ⓘ
Surnames of English origin ⓘ
Toponymic surnames ⓘ
derivedFrom Middle English ⓘ
holme ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasNotableBearer David Holmes ⓘ
E. M. Holmes ⓘ
Emmylou Holmes ⓘ
Gordon Holmes ⓘ
John Holmes ⓘ
Katie Holmes ⓘ
Larry Holmes ⓘ
Mike Holmes ⓘ
Nigel Holmes ⓘ
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ⓘ
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ⓘ
Rupert Holmes ⓘ
Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sherlock Holmes

Steve Holmes ⓘ
T. J. Holmes ⓘ
hasNotableFictionalBearer Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Enola Holmes

Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mycroft Holmes

Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nero Holmes

Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sherlock Holmes
hasOrigin England ⓘ
hasVariant Holme ⓘ
Homes ⓘ
Hulme, Manchester ⓘ
surface form: Hulme
isToponymic true ⓘ
meaning islet ⓘ
low-lying land by a river ⓘ
river island ⓘ
usedAs surname ⓘ
usedBy multiple families ⓘ
usedInCountry Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Guy Ritchie → directed → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Holmes → familyName → Holmes ⓘ
Katie Holmes → familyName → Holmes ⓘ
Larry Holmes → familyName → Holmes ⓘ
Mary Ann Holmes → familyName → Holmes ⓘ
Mike Holmes → familyName → Holmes ⓘ
Oliver → familyName → Holmes ⓘ
subject surface form: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Sherlock → featuresCharacter → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock → featuresCharacter → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mycroft Holmes
subject surface form: Gordon Holmes (name)
Holmes → hasNotableBearer → Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Holmes → hasNotableFictionalBearer → Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Holmes → hasNotableFictionalBearer → Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mycroft Holmes
Holmes → hasNotableFictionalBearer → Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enola Holmes
Holmes → hasNotableFictionalBearer → Holmes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nero Holmes
Holme → hasSpellingVariantOf → Holmes ⓘ
Emmylou Holmes → hasSurname → Holmes ⓘ
Holme → hasVariant → Holmes ⓘ
Enola Holmes → mainCharacter → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Enola Holmes → mainCharacter → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mycroft Holmes
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
SHERLOC → namedAfter → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes (by pun)
Eddie Marsan → notableWork → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Guy Ritchie → notableWork → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Jude Law → notableWork → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Basil Rathbone → portrayed → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Rathbone → portrayed → Holmes ⓘ
subject surface form: Basil Rathbone
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
Clive Merrison → portrayed → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes
James Herbert → workedOn → Holmes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherlock Holmes