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Holmes

in Vermont

There are 337 people with the last name "Holmes" in Vermont.

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Holmes 180
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  1. is 176th most common Lambert
  2. is 177th most common Spencer
  3. is 178th most common Hale
  4. is 179th most common Dunn
  5. is 180th most common Holmes
  6. is 181st most common Messier
  7. is 182nd most common Larose
  8. is 183rd most common Maynard
  9. is 184th most common Eastman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

David, William, Robert, Deborah, Lisa, Richard, Arthur, Joyce, Lester, Mark

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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