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Holmes

in Washington DC

There are 444 people with the last name "Holmes" in Washington DC.

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Holmes 70
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  1. is 66th most common Ward
  2. is 67th most common Bailey
  3. is 68th most common Graham
  4. is 69th most common Baker
  5. is 70th most common Holmes
  6. is 71st most common Phillips
  7. is 72nd most common Bryant
  8. is 73rd most common Morgan
  9. is 74th most common Greene

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Holmes

James, George, John, Richard, Bruce, Denise, Donald, Edward, Patricia

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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