Holmes

E5614

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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Sherlock Holmes	109
Holmes canonical	26
Mycroft Holmes	3
Dr. Holmes	1
Enola Holmes	1
Groove Holmes	1
Nero Holmes	1
Sherlock Holmes (by pun)	1
Sherlock Holmes as the Napoleon of crime	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T53824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Holmes
Context triple: [Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., familyName, Holmes]

A. Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
B. Winston
Winston is the given name of Winston Churchill, the British statesman who led the United Kingdom during World War II and later served again as Prime Minister.
C. Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
D. Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
E. McClintock
McClintock is a surname most notably associated with Barbara McClintock, the pioneering American cytogeneticist and Nobel Prize laureate recognized for her discovery of genetic transposition.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
B. Winston
Winston is the given name of Winston Churchill, the British statesman who led the United Kingdom during World War II and later served again as Prime Minister.
C. Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
D. H. Bates Peacock
H. Bates Peacock was a founder of Geophysical Service Incorporated, an early geophysical exploration company that later evolved into part of Texas Instruments.
E. Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
F. None of above. chosen

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