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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 Thomais; thomÃ¡is, Similarly holmes can also be a variant Of, cavish derived as An anglicised form Of Mac. thamhais thÃ¡mhaishe surname is also sometimes an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Thomais; thomÃ¡is, Similarly holmes can also be a variant Of, cavish derived as An anglicised form Of Mac. thamhais thÃ¡mhais
The given name was introduced into England by the Normans, but was never as popular in England as on the Continent. In Ireland the surname originated as a form of the Gaelic O'Mordha, composed of the elements O', meaning descendant of, and Mordha, a byname translating as proud or stately. In Scotland and Wales the origination was as a nickname for a large man, from the Gaelic word mor or the Welsh mowr, both meaning great.