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Holmes

in Rhode Island

There are 321 people with the last name "Holmes" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Holmes 300
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  1. is 296th most common Lussier
  2. is 297th most common Higgins
  3. is 298th most common Peters
  4. is 299th most common Ruggieri
  5. is 300th most common Holmes
  6. is 301st most common Sweeney
  7. is 302nd most common Barber
  8. is 303rd most common Moretti
  9. is 304th most common Pearson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

John, Thomas, Robert, Christine, James, Mary, Richard, William, Stephen, Barbara

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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