| Holmes |
| Family name |
| Region of origin |
England |
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Holmes is a geographical surname of English origin.[1] The name is first recorded in Lancashire in North West England. The name is derived from "holm", a Scandinavian word meaning "a small island". The word was introduced to Great Britain and Ireland by Old Norse-speaking Vikings. People bearing the name might either have Scandinavian ancestry, or have ancestors who lived on the islands surrounding Great Britain and Ireland.
[edit] People by first name
- Daniel Henry Holmes (1816–1898), American businessman
- Danny Holmes (b. 1989), English footballer
- Dave Holmes (b. 1971), American television personality
- Dave Holmes (sportscaster), American sportscaster
- David Holmes (actor) (b. 1981), British actor and stunt performer
- David Holmes (politician) (1769–1832), American politician
- David Holmes (musician) (b. 1969), Irish DJ, musician and composer
- David L. Holmes, Walter G. Mason Professor of Religious Studies, specialist in Anglican history at the College of William and Mary
- Derek Holmes (b.1978), Scottish footballer
- Diane Holmes (b. 1935), Canadian politician
- Donald Holmes (1910–1980), American inventor
- Eamonn Holmes (b. 1959), Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster
- Earl Holmes, American football player
- Edmond Holmes (1850–1936), English writer and poet.
- Edwin Holmes (astronomer) (1842?–1919), British astronomer
- Edwin R. Holmes (1878–1961), US federal judge
- Edwin Holmes (inventor), American inventor of the burglar alarm (in 1858)
- Edwin T. Holmes, son of Edwin Holmes (inventor)
- Emma Holmes, American Civil War diarist
- Enola Holmes, sister of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, character created by Nancy Springer
- Eric Holmes, Scottish video game designer
- Ernest Holmes (1887–1960), founder of the movement known as Religious Science, also known as "Science of Mind," a part of the New Thought Movement
- Ernie Holmes (1948–2008), American football player
- Errol Holmes (1905–1960), English cricketer
- Jacob Holmes (b. 1983), Australian basketball player
- Jackie Holmes (1920-1995), American Formula One driver
- Jake Holmes (b. 1939), American folk-pop singer/songwriter
- James Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jennifer Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jerome Holmes (b. 1961), American federal judge
- Jessica Holmes (b. 1973), Canadian comedian and actor
- Jimmy Holmes (b. 1953), Irish former professional footballer
- Joan Holmes (b. 1935), founding president of The Hunger Project
- Joe Holmes (b. 1963), American heavy metal guitarist
- Joel Holmes (1821-1872), English soldier and VC recipient
- John Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- John Holmes (actor) (1944–1988), American pornographic film star.
- John Holmes (British diplomat) (b. 1951), British diplomat
- John Holmes (Canadian senator) (1789–1876), Canadian Senator.
- John Holmes (Ontario politician) (1828–1879), Canadian Liberal-Conservative Member of Parliament representing Carleton
- John Holmes (mercenary), Anglo-Indian mercenary in the Punjab
- John Holmes (poet) (1904–1962), american poet, critic
- John Holmes (U.S. politician) (1773–1843), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- John B. Holmes (a.k.a. J. B. Holmes) (b. 1982), American golfer
- John Clellon Holmes (1926–1988), American poet, novelist and essayist of the Beat Generation
- John Eric Holmes (1930-2010), author and promotor of fantasy role-playing games,
- John Haynes Holmes (1879–1964), American Unitarian minister and prominent peace and civil liberties activist
- John Robert Holmes (b. 1927), Canadian Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament representing Lambton-Kent.
- Jon Holmes (b. 1973), British comedy writer and broadcaster
- Joseph Holmes, American photographer
- Josh Holmes (b. 1987), Australian rugby union player
- Julie Lynn Holmes, former American figure skater
- Mark Holmes (filmmaker), American filmmaker and co-owner of Daisy 3 Pictures
- Mark V. Holmes (b. 1960), American judge
- Martha Holmes (photographer)(1923-2006), American photographer
- Martha Holmes (broadcaster), British marine biologist, TV journalist and producer
- Mary Holmes, American golf coach
- Matt Holmes (b. 1976), Australian actor
- Matthew Holmes (1844-1903), chief mechanical engineer of the North British Railway
- Michelle Holmes (b. 1967), English actress
- Mike Holmes (b. 1963), Canadian professional contractor and host of Holmes on Homes
- Mike Holmes (football player) (b. 1950), a Canadian Football League receiver who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Mycroft Holmes, brother of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes
- Paul Holmes (academic), American academic
- Paul Holmes (broadcaster) (b. 1950), New Zealand radio and television broadcaster
- Paul Holmes (politician) (b. 1957), politician in the United Kingdom
- Pehr G. Holmes (1881-1952), US Representative from Massachusetts
- Percy Holmes (1886-1971), English cricketer
- Pete Holmes (b. 1979), American comedian
- Pete Holmes (drummer), drummer of Black 'N Blue
- Peter Holmes (b. 1980), English footballer
- Philip Holmes (b. 1945), American engineering professor
- Phillips Holmes (1907-1942), American film actor
- Priest Holmes (b. 1973), American football player
- Samuel Jackson Holmes (1868–1964), American zoologist
- Santonio Holmes (b. 1984), American footballer and Super Bowl XLIII MVP
- Scott Holmes (b. 1952), American actor
- Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Simon Hugh Holmes (1831–1919), Nova Scotia politician, publisher and lawyer
- Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt (1878–1961), British politician
- Steve Holmes (pornographic actor) (b. 1961), Romanian-born German pornographic film actor
- Susan Carter Holmes (b. 1933), British botanist
- Taylor Holmes (1878–1959), American stage actor
- Terry Holmes (b. 1957), former Welsh international rugby union player
- Theophilus H. Holmes (1804–1880), Confederate Civil War lieutenant general
- Thomas Holmes (1817–1899), American mortician
- Thomas William Holmes (1898–1950), Canadian soldier and VC recipient
- Tim Holmes (b. 1955), American sculptor, filmmaker and musician
- Tina Holmes (b. 1973), American television and film actress
- Tom Holmes (b. 1930s), current chairman of the far-right British political party, the National Front
- Tommy Holmes (1917–2008), American baseball player
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