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Holmes

in New Hampshire

There are 707 people with the last name "Holmes" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

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Holmes 143
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  1. is 139th most common Jordan
  2. is 140th most common Sanborn
  3. is 141st most common Bouchard
  4. is 142nd most common Watson
  5. is 143rd most common Holmes
  6. is 144th most common Dubois
  7. is 145th most common Riley
  8. is 146th most common Paquette
  9. is 147th most common Barrett

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

Robert, John, Richard, William, David, Peter, Donald, Jeffrey, Linda, Mary

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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