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Holmes

in Indiana

There are 2,228 people with the last name "Holmes" in Indiana.

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Holmes 224
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  1. is 220th most common Carr
  2. is 221st most common Hensley
  3. is 222nd most common Schultz
  4. is 223rd most common Stanley
  5. is 224th most common Holmes
  6. is 225th most common Hoover
  7. is 226th most common Howell
  8. is 227th most common Pearson
  9. is 228th most common Steele

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

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

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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