The holmes Surname
holmes Name Meaning and 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).
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