Holm
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holm¹
- /həʊm/ UK
- /həʊlm/ UK
- /hoʊm/ US
- /hoʊlm/ US
Sounds like home · Rhymes with -əʊm
Where it comes from
From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”).
Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.
noun holms · holme
- Small island, islet.
- An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
- Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet, often in Norse-influenced place-names.
- Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding. A Brownie once lived with Maxwell, Laird of Dalswinton, and was particularly attached to the Laird's daughter, the comeliest lass in all the holms of Nithsdale.
holm²
- /həʊm/ UK
- /həʊlm/ UK
- /hoʊm/ US
- /hoʊlm/ US
Sounds like home · Rhymes with -əʊm
Where it comes from
From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly.
noun holms
- Common holly (Ilex aquifolium). The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round, / The caruer Holme, the Maple, ſeeldom inward ſound.
- A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe.
Holm³
Where it comes from
* As an English, Scottish, German (by way of Low German holm), Scandinavian (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) /North Germanic surname (from Old Norse holmr), from holm (“islet”), all from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.
* Also as an English surname, from holm (“holly”). Compare Hollis.
proper noun
- A surname.
