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Holmes

in Alabama

There are 3,424 people with the last name "Holmes" in Alabama.

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Holmes 126
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  1. is 122nd most common Dunn
  2. is 123rd most common Boyd
  3. is 124th most common Howell
  4. is 125th most common Terry
  5. is 126th most common Holmes
  6. is 127th most common Mason
  7. is 128th most common Kennedy
  8. is 129th most common Hawkins
  9. is 130th most common Andrews

Similar Names and Nicknames

Holman, Holm, Helms, Holmberg, Holmquist, Holmgren, Helmick, Holmstrom, Holmen, Holmer

Most Common First Names for Holmes

James, William, David, Michael, Robert, Charles, Willie, Kenneth, Donald, John

Meaning & History

English (chiefly central and northern England): variant of Holme.

Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir.

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb). In part of western Ireland, Holmes is a variant of Cavish (from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas).

FOREBEARS John Holmes came from England to Woodstock, CT, in 1686. His descendants include the Congregational clergyman and historian Abiel Holmes, born 1763 in Woodstock, and Abiel's son Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–94).

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