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Holmes

in Florida

There are 7,269 people with the last name "Holmes" in Florida.

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Holmes 163
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  1. is 159th most common Stone
  2. is 160th most common Rose
  3. is 161st most common Burns
  4. is 162nd most common Greene
  5. is 163rd most common Holmes
  6. is 164th most common Webb
  7. is 165th most common Silva
  8. is 166th most common Hart
  9. is 167th most common Vargas

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

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

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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