Given name & surname

Denholm

“from the home of the Danes”

Denholm is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “from the home of the Danes.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Scandinavian interpretation is “from the home of the Danes.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.

How it developed

From Old English dene (“valley”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

People named Denholm

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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Sibling ideas

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