as a Last Name
- 6,806
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Nelms
Meaning & Origins
English: topographic name for someone who lived near or amid a grove of elm trees, from misdivision of Middle English atten elmes ‘at the elms’ (see Elm).
| 4,482nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,806
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Georgia
- has the most people named Nelms per capita
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