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Holmes

in Minnesota

There are 1,585 people with the last name "Holmes" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

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Holmes 175
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  1. is 171st most common Winter
  2. is 172nd most common Amundson
  3. is 173rd most common Rose
  4. is 174th most common Armstrong
  5. is 175th most common Holmes
  6. is 176th most common Krause
  7. is 177th most common Ness
  8. is 178th most common Shaw
  9. is 179th most common Carpenter

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

James, John, Robert, Michael, David, Thomas, William, Mary, Charles, Jennifer

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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