Hines (name)
Hines is both a surname and a given name.
Etymology
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, the modern name Hines and its variants derive from two quite different medieval names.- The Irish Ó hEidhin, which means 'descendant of Eidhin'. The dictionary adds that Eidhin itself is "a personal name of uncertain origin. It may be a derivative of eidhean 'ivy', or it may represent an altered form of the place-name Aidhne and that "the principal family of this name is descended from Guaire of Aidhne, King of Connacht. From the 7th century for over a thousand years they were chiefs of a territory in east County Galway. There appears to have been another branch of the family located in east County Limerick'".
- The Middle English name Hine. This occupational name derives from Old English hīne, but in the Middle English period could also mean 'farm manager' and also be used of high-status people serving in a lordly household.
Distribution
Around 2011, there were 4206 bearers of the surname Hines in Great Britain and 61 in Ireland. In 1881, there were 2471 bearers of the name in Great Britain, spread throughout England but especially in Lancashire. In the mid-nineteenth century, Irish examples of the name were concentrated in Offaly.People
Notable people with the name include:Surname
- Hines (Kent cricketer), British cricketer
- Adrian Hines, American musician
- Andre Hines, American football player
- Andrico Hines, American football player
- Barbara Hines, American baseball player
- Barbara Hines, American artist
- Barry Hines, British author
- Bo Hines, American football player and politician
- Brendan Hines, American actor and singer-songwriter
- Brian Hines, the birth name of British rock musician Denny Laine
- Chasen Hines, American football player
- Cheryl Hines, American actress
- David Gordon Hines, British accountant
- Deni Hines, Australian singer
- D'Juan Hines, American football player
- Donald E. Hines, American politician and physician
- Duncan Hines, American food critic
- Earl Hines, American jazz pianist
- Edward N. Hines American road builder and developer
- Francis Hines, American artist
- Frank T. Hines, American military officer
- Frazer Hines, British actor
- Geoff Hines, New Zealand rugby player
- Gerald D. Hines, American real estate developer
- Gregory Hines, American actor and tap dancer
- Gustavus Hines, American missionary
- Harris Hines, American judge
- Jerome Hines, American basso opera singer
- Jesse K. Hines, American politician
- Jim Hines, American track and field athlete
- John L. Hines, American Army general
- Johnny Hines, American actor
- Karen Hines, Canadian actress and director
- Kyle Hines, American basketball player
- Marcia Hines, American-Australian actress and TV personality
- Marie Hines, American singer-songwriter
- Maurice Hines, American actor, director, singer and choreographer
- Melissa Hines, American-born British neuroscientist
- Nathan Hines, Australian/Scottish rugby player
- Nyheim Hines, American football player
- Paul Hines, American baseball player
- Peter Hines, Australian footballer
- Peter F. Hines, American attorney and politician
- Rico Hines, American basketball coach
- Robert L. Hines, American comedian
- St. Aubyn Hines, Jamaican boxer
- Tanook Hines, American football player
- Ted Hines, American librarian
- Thomas Hines, Confederate spy during the American Civil War
- Tiffany Hines, American actress
- Timothy Hines, American film director
- Tyler Hines, American basketball player
- Walker Hines (railroad executive), American railway executive
- Zavon Hines, British footballer
Given name
- Hines Holt, American lawyer and politician
- Hines Johnson, Jamaican cricketer
- Hines Ward, American football player