# Homme

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,600

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-hope)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-hose)
- **homo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-homo)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-howe)
- **Hume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-hume)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-hone)
- **hove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-hove)
- **Homs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-homs)
- **house** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-house)
- **horse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-horse)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-horde)
- **Howie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-howie)
- **Hoyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-hoyle)
- **Hulme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-hulme)
- **hummer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-hummer)
- **hummel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homme-vs-hummel)
- **hmm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hmm-vs-homme)
- **hoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoe-vs-homme)
- **Hom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hom-vs-homme)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/home-vs-homme)

## Common misspellings (4)
`hhomme`, `hmome`, `homem`, `ohmme`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/homme