Wednesday 30 December 2015

HOLMES: FIDE SED CUI VIDE

Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.

The name can be a variant of the surname Holme. 

This surname has several etymological origins: it can be derived from a name for someone who lived next to a holly tree, from the Middle English holm; it can also be derived from the Old English holm and Old Norse holmr.

More information: Surname Database

Another origin of Holmes is from a placename near Dundonald, or else a place located in the barony of Inchestuir. The surname is also sometimes an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Thomáis; similarly, Holmes can also be a variant of Cavish, derived as an Anglicised form of Mac Thámhais.

More information: House of names


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Julius Caesar

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