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Holmes

in Missouri

There are 2,759 people with the last name "Holmes" in Missouri.

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Holmes 168
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  1. is 164th most common Peters
  2. is 165th most common Schneider
  3. is 166th most common Burton
  4. is 167th most common Spencer
  5. is 168th most common Holmes
  6. is 169th most common Welch
  7. is 170th most common Barton
  8. is 171st most common Hoffman
  9. is 172nd most common Mills

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

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

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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