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Holmes

in Delaware

There are 356 people with the last name "Holmes" in Delaware.

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Holmes 208
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  1. is 204th most common Weaver
  2. is 205th most common Boyer
  3. is 206th most common Cruz
  4. is 207th most common Dunn
  5. is 208th most common Holmes
  6. is 209th most common Wyatt
  7. is 210th most common Morales
  8. is 211th most common Cunningham
  9. is 212th most common Williamson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

Charles, Richard, William, David, Ashley, George, John, Kathy, Linda, Paul

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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