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Holmes

in California

There are 7,905 people with the last name "Holmes" in California.

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Holmes 282
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  1. is 278th most common Peters
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  3. is 280th most common Dunn
  4. is 281st most common Delacruz
  5. is 282nd most common Holmes
  6. is 283rd most common Beltran
  7. is 284th most common Cisneros
  8. is 285th most common Hart
  9. is 286th most common Gardner

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

Robert, Michael, David, John, Richard, James, William, Charles

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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