Holmes

Where Holmes comes from

From holme, variant of holm (“islet”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Holmes
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #809 among boys with 6 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1882
    Holmes Herbert born
    British actor
  4. 1947
    Holmes Osborne born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Holmes Herbert · British actor, 1882–1956
  • Holmes Osborne · American actor, born 1947
  • Holmes Rolston III · American philosopher, 1932–2025
  • Holmes Conrad · Confederate Army officer and American lawyer and politician, 1840–1915
  • Holmes Alexander · American historian, journalist, and politician, 1906–1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.