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.
I love the name of honor,
more than I fear death.
Julius Caesar
