Hine

Hine
Other names
Variant form(s)	Hines, Hyne, Hynes, Hind, Ion, Hayne

Last updated November 27, 2024

Hine is a surname deriving from Middle English.

Etymology

According to the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland , the modern name Hine and its variants derive from the Middle English word hine (with the addition of the genitive -s case ending in forms like Hines , implying that the name-bearer was the child of a father called Hine, or addition of -s on the analogy of such names). This occupational name derives from Old English hīne ('household servant, farm labourer'), but in the Middle English period could also mean 'farm manager' and also be used of high-status people serving in a lordly household.^[1]

Distribution

Around 2011, there were 2899 bearers of the surname Hine in Great Britain and 21 in Ireland. In 1881, there were 2301 bearers of the name in Great Britain, concentrated in Devon.^[2]

People

Hine may refer to :

Charles DeLano Hine (1867–1927), American civil engineer
Deirdre Hine (born 1937), Welsh medical doctor
Edward Hine (1825–1891), proponent of British Israelism in the 19th century
George Thomas Hine, son of Thomas Chambers Hine, architect
Lemon G. Hine (1832–1914), American politician and lawyer from Washington, D.C.
Lewis Hine (1874–1940), American sociologist
Michele Hine, New Zealand actor
Nicholas Hine, a character in the Sharpe novels of Bernard Cornwell
Nick Hine (born 1966), British Royal Navy officer
Milton B. Hine (1828–1881), American politician
Reginald Hine (1883–1949), solicitor and historian
Robert V. Hine (1921–2015), American historian
Sonny Hine (1931–2000), American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer
Thomas Hine & Co., a manufacturer of cognac
Thomas Chambers Hine (1813-1899), architect

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References

↑ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), II, pp. 1290, 1369 [s.vv. Hine, Hines, Hynes]; ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4.
↑ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), II, p. 1290 [s.v. Hine]; ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4.

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[1] The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), II, pp. 1290, 1369 [s.vv. Hine, Hines, Hynes]; ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4.

[2] The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), II, p. 1290 [s.v. Hine]; ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4.

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