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Holmes

in Massachusetts

There are 2,698 people with the last name "Holmes" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Holmes 177
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  1. is 173rd most common Buckley
  2. is 174th most common Mello
  3. is 175th most common Cormier
  4. is 176th most common Kim
  5. is 177th most common Holmes
  6. is 178th most common Odonnell
  7. is 179th most common Driscoll
  8. is 180th most common James
  9. is 181st most common Moran

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

Robert, Richard, John, William, Michael, David, Thomas, James, Mark, Charles

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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