'''Nelmes''' is an English surname.
From the old English meaning, "near the elms".
Notable persons with this name include: *Alan Nelmes (born 1948), English footballer *Alf Nelmes (1871–1940), English footballer *Barry Nelmes *Peter "The Lion" Nelmes (1960-2024), Bermudian *Ernest Nelmes (1895–1959), British botanist *Lemuel Dole Nelme (c. 1718 – 1786), English craftsman and language theorist *Nuatali Nelmes, Australian politician
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