Baines is a

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origin. It shares many of the same roots with the British surname Bains.Reaney, P.H. ''A Dictionary of British Surnames'' Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2nd edition (1976)Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames'' Oxford University Press (1988) It shares some roots with the British surname

Bain Bain may refer to: People * Bain (surname), origin and list of people with the surname * Bain of Tulloch, Scottish family * Bain Stewart, Australian film producer, husband of Leah Purcell * Saint Bain (died c. 711 AD), Bishop of Thérouanne, Ab ...

Derivation and variants

Baines has a number of different sources, several of them nicknames and another based on an occupation. In

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

and the

north of England Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North Country, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It broadly corresponds to the former borders of Angle Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the ...

the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

word ''bān'' ('bone') became

Middle English Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...

''bān'' and ''bain''. It may have become a nickname in the plural, meaning 'bones' or ' ong-egs' (''cf.'' modern German ''Bein'', also meaning both "bone" and "leg"). The Middle English ''bayn'', ''beyn'' and the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

''beinn'' meant 'straight' or 'direct', which may have become a nickname. The Middle English ''bayne'' (and French ''bain'') meant 'bath'. This may have become an occupational surname for an attendant at a public bath. Baines may also have Welsh roots, from the patronymic ''ab Einws'' ('son of Einws'). ''Einws'' is a shortened version of the Welsh name ''Ennion'', meaning 'Anvil'. Variants of the surname Baines include Bains, Banes, Baynes and Bayns.

Frequency of occurrence

At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in

Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...

(31.2 times the British average), followed by

Westmorland Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

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Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire, also known as ''Maldwyn'' ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn meaning "the Shire of Baldwin's town"), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It is named after its county tow ...

and

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. Retrieved 23 January 2014 Hanks and Hodges suggest in their "A Dictionary of Surnames" that many present day Baines descend from Robert Baines of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (born ). John Baines, Liverpool, England, Doctor of Physics.

Notable people with the surname Baines

''(In alphabetical order)'' *

Ajay Baines Ajay Baines (born March 25, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the East Coast Hockey League and American Hockey League. He played for the Greenville Grrrowl, Norfolk Admirals, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, Hamilto ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Andrew Baines Andrew Baines (born 1963) is an Australian artist based in Adelaide, South Australia, known for his "quasi-surrealist" paintings of politicians in exposed positions and bowler-hatted office workers on beaches. Early life and education Baines ...

, Australian artist *

Anthony Baines Anthony Cuthbert Baines (1912–1997) was an English organologist who produced a wide variety of works on the history of musical instruments, and was a founding member of the Galpin Society. He attended Westminster School and then read for a deg ...

, English musicologist *

Charlie Baines Charlie Baines (9 February 1896–1954) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and ...

(1896–1954), English footballer *

Chris Baines Chris Baines (born 4 May 1947) is an English naturalist, one of the UK's leading independent environmentalists.

(born 1947), English gardener, naturalist, television presenter and author * Edward Baines (1774–1848), English newspaper-proprietor and politician * Edward Baines (1800–1890), son of the above, also a nonconformist English newspaper editor and Member of Parliament * Frank Baines (1877–1933), English architect *

Lewis Baines Lewis Robert George Baines (born 10 October 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Altrincham. Career Baines turned professional with Fleetwood Town in the summer of 2017, and spent loan spells with Bamber Brid ...

(1998–present) English footballer playing for Fleetwood Town *

Francis Baines (1648–1710) Francis Baines (1648–1710) was an English Jesuit. Biography Baines was born in Worcestershire in 1648, pursued his humanity studies in the college at St. Omer, and went through his higher course in the English College, Rome, which he entered as ...

, English Jesuit * Sir George Grenfell-Baines, English architect *

George Washington Baines George Washington Baines (December 29, 1809 – December 28, 1882) was an American frontier politician, editor, teacher, and Baptist preacher in Texas; he was also president and co-founder of Baylor University. Background Baines was born near ...

(1809–1882), grandfather of president Lyndon Baines Johnson * Harold Baines, former right fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball *

Jervoise Athelstane Baines Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines (17 October 1847 – 26 November 1925) was an administrator in the Indian Civil Service during the period of the British Raj. Early life Baines was the son of Edward Baines, the vicar of Yalding in Kent, and his ...

, Census Commissioner in

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

* John Baines (born 1946), incumbent Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford *

Kate Baines Kate Baines (born 18 July 1978) is an English actress, born in Doncaster. She has appeared in the Channel 4 British soap opera's ''Hollyoaks'' (as Beth Morgan #2), '' Coronation Street'' and ''Emmerdale'' (as Joanne). Kate has also appeared in dr ...

(born 1978), English actress *

Leighton Baines Leighton John Baines (born 11 December 1984) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a left back. He is currently U-18s manager at Everton F.C., Everton. Baines started his career with Wigan Athletic F.C ...

(born 1984) English footballer * Matthew Talbot Baines (1799–1860), British lawyer and Liberal politician *

Michael Baines Michael Fitzroy Talbot Baines (3 September 1898 – 9 March 1990) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Baines served in the Royal Artillery during the First World ...

(1898–1990), English cricketer and British Army officer *

Nicholas M. Baines Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, ''22'', in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the band h ...

(born 1978), English keyboard player (Kaiser Chiefs) * Nick Baines (bishop) (born 1957), Bishop of Croydon *

Paul Baines (academic) Paul Baines (born 9 May 1973) is a British marketing academic, specialising in the topic of marketing for political parties and candidates. He is the professor in Political Marketing at Cranfield University. He was the former Director of Busin ...

(born 1973), British marketing academic * Paul Baines (footballer) (born 1972), former English footballer *

Peter Augustine Baines Peter Augustine Baines (1786/87–1843) was an English Benedictine, Titular Bishop of Siga and Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England. Life For his early education he was sent to Lamspringe Abbey, near Hildesheim, in the Kingdom of ...

(1787–1843), English Benedictine *

Richard Baines Richard Baines ( ''fl''. 1568–1593) was an Elizabethan double agent, informer and ordained Catholic priest. He is best known for the so-called Baines Note, a list of accusations against the poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe, which has b ...

, historical figure - Informant against

Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (; baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the ...

Robert A. Baines Robert A. Baines (born 1946) is a former mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. He served in that office from 2000 to 2006. A Democrat, he was first elected in November 1999, defeating incumbent Republican Raymond Wieczorek. Manchester mayoral electi ...

(born 1946), former mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire *

Steve Baines Stephen John Baines (born 23 June 1954) is an English former footballer and later a referee in the Football League. Born in Newark, Nottinghamshire, during his refereeing career he resided in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He is the only referee in th ...

(born 1954), former English footballer *

Thomas Baines (John) Thomas Baines (27 November 1820 – 8 May 1875) was an English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia. Life and work Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 27 November 1820, Baines was apprenticed to a coach ...

(1820–1875), English artist and explorer * Thomas Baines (Ontario) (1799–1867), Canadian Crown Land Agent * William Baines (1899–1922), English pianist and composer

Distribution

As a surname, Baines is the 1,732nd most common surname in

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

, with 6,209 bearers. It is most common in

, where it is the 626th most common surname, with 1,784 bearers. Other concentrations include,

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

, (88th,1,704),

City of Leeds The City of Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell, W ...

, (167th,1,722), and

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

, (380th, 1,702).

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