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Holmes

in Maryland

There are 2,975 people with the last name "Holmes" in Maryland.

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Holmes 116
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  1. is 112th most common Carroll
  2. is 113th most common Griffin
  3. is 114th most common Bryant
  4. is 115th most common Henry
  5. is 116th most common Holmes
  6. is 117th most common Greene
  7. is 118th most common Palmer
  8. is 119th most common Hoffman
  9. is 120th most common Stevens

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

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

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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