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Holmes

in Mississippi

There are 2,998 people with the last name "Holmes" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Holmes 84
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  1. is 80th most common Boyd
  2. is 81st most common Ellis
  3. is 82nd most common Price
  4. is 83rd most common Bennett
  5. is 84th most common Holmes
  6. is 85th most common Patterson
  7. is 86th most common Hudson
  8. is 87th most common Warren
  9. is 88th most common Wallace

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

James, Charles, Robert, John, Mary, Michael, William, David, Shirley, Willie

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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