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Holmes

in New Jersey

There are 2,624 people with the last name "Holmes" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Holmes 175
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  1. is 171st most common Romano
  2. is 172nd most common Patterson
  3. is 173rd most common Romero
  4. is 174th most common Hamilton
  5. is 175th most common Holmes
  6. is 176th most common Di
  7. is 177th most common Khan
  8. is 178th most common Levine
  9. is 179th most common Wallace

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

Robert, James, Richard, William, John, Charles, Michael, David, Thomas, Kevin

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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