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Holmes

in Maine

There are 932 people with the last name "Holmes" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Holmes 162
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  1. is 158th most common Bernier
  2. is 159th most common Mcdonald
  3. is 160th most common Sanborn
  4. is 161st most common Henderson
  5. is 162nd most common Holmes
  6. is 163rd most common Leavitt
  7. is 164th most common Paradis
  8. is 165th most common Plourde
  9. is 166th most common Page

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

David, James, Robert, William, Richard, Charles, John, Andrew

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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