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Holmes

in New York

There are 5,149 people with the last name "Holmes" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Holmes 195
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  1. is 191st most common Stone
  2. is 192nd most common Hart
  3. is 193rd most common Price
  4. is 194th most common Chang
  5. is 195th most common Holmes
  6. is 196th most common Ali
  7. is 197th most common Charles
  8. is 198th most common Daniels
  9. is 199th most common Mason

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

Robert, John, William, James, Michael, Richard, David, Thomas, Mary, Edward

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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