Home: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Home, so the heraldry linked to Hume is a starting point, not an automatic right.

The meaning behind Home

Home is an established spelling of the Scottish surname Hume. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “From Hume in Berwickshire”.

Spelled with “o” instead of “u”, Home shows how the same name was heard and written differently. 311 Americans were listed as Home in the 2010 census. 170 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Home name at birth. There were 6 such births in the 1890s and 12 in the 1990s.

Research your Home family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.