Homme
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Three possible origins:
- Borrowed from Norwegian Homme, a habitational surname from several farmsteads so named from Old Norse hvammr (“small valley”).
- Borrowed from French Homme, a nickname from Old French homme (“man”), or a status surname for a vassal or feudal tenant.
- Borrowed from Northern French Hommé, a patronymic surname from the local form of Frankish *Audamār, which consists of Proto-Germanic *audaz (“treasure”) and *mēraz (“fame”).
Proper noun
[edit]Homme (plural Hommes)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Homme is the 40856th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 534 individuals. Homme is most common among White (92.51%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Homme”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 197.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Homme m
- Man (genus Homo)
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- English terms borrowed from Norwegian
- English terms derived from Norwegian
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Norwegian
- English surnames from French
- French terms with mute h
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns