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Holmes

in Texas

There are 8,462 people with the last name "Holmes" in Texas.

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Holmes 220
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  1. is 216th most common Pierce
  2. is 217th most common Aguirre
  3. is 218th most common Hunt
  4. is 219th most common Vega
  5. is 220th most common Holmes
  6. is 221st most common Arnold
  7. is 222nd most common Hudson
  8. is 223rd most common Duncan
  9. is 224th most common Saenz

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

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

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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