Holms Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Holms is how some branches of the Holmes family came to write their name.

Holms drops the “e” of Holmes, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Arms linked to Holmes and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Holms report, with a museum-style coat of arms.