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Holmes

in Iowa

There are 1,304 people with the last name "Holmes" in Iowa.

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Holmes 138
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  1. is 134th most common Carpenter
  2. is 135th most common Price
  3. is 136th most common Murray
  4. is 137th most common Pierce
  5. is 138th most common Holmes
  6. is 139th most common Hernandez
  7. is 140th most common Rasmussen
  8. is 141st most common Jacobs
  9. is 142nd most common Ford

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

John, James, Michael, Richard, Robert, David, Thomas, Linda, Donald, William

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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