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HOLMES

in Virginia

There are 4,034 people with the last name "HOLMES" in Virginia.

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HOLMES 128
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  1. is 124th most common Spencer
  2. is 125th most common Alexander
  3. is 126th most common Elliott
  4. is 127th most common Hamilton
  5. is 128th most common Holmes
  6. is 129th most common Gordon
  7. is 130th most common Freeman
  8. is 131st most common Hudson
  9. is 132nd most common Stone

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for HOLMES

James, John, William, Robert, Michael, Richard, George, David, Donald, Mary

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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