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Holmes

in Illinois

There are 4,464 people with the last name "Holmes" in Illinois.

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Holmes 156
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  1. is 152nd most common Stevens
  2. is 153rd most common Boyd
  3. is 154th most common Walsh
  4. is 155th most common Obrien
  5. is 156th most common Holmes
  6. is 157th most common Ramos
  7. is 158th most common Stone
  8. is 159th most common Webb
  9. is 160th most common Cunningham

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

James, John, Michael, Robert, Mary, David, William, Charles, Kenneth, Barbara

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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