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Holmes

in Washington

There are 2,608 people with the last name "Holmes" in Washington.

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Holmes 158
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  1. is 154th most common Gordon
  2. is 155th most common Black
  3. is 156th most common Hunter
  4. is 157th most common Mills
  5. is 158th most common Holmes
  6. is 159th most common Pierce
  7. is 160th most common Day
  8. is 161st most common Coleman
  9. is 162nd most common Ford

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

John, David, Robert, James, Richard, William, Michael, Charles, Donald

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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