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Holmes

in Nebraska

There are 673 people with the last name "Holmes" in Nebraska.

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Holmes 151
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  1. is 147th most common Palmer
  2. is 148th most common Coleman
  3. is 149th most common Gomez
  4. is 150th most common Johnston
  5. is 151st most common Holmes
  6. is 152nd most common Kelley
  7. is 153rd most common Benson
  8. is 154th most common Pearson
  9. is 155th most common Harms

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

Robert, Richard, James, Don, Larry, John, David, Deborah, Michael, Thomas

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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