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Holmes

in Oregon

There are 1,550 people with the last name "Holmes" in Oregon.

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Holmes 171
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  1. is 167th most common Kim
  2. is 168th most common Henry
  3. is 169th most common Lane
  4. is 170th most common Perkins
  5. is 171st most common Holmes
  6. is 172nd most common Swanson
  7. is 173rd most common Jenkins
  8. is 174th most common Petersen
  9. is 175th most common Gordon

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

David, Michael, James, John, William, Richard, Robert, Susan, Brian

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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