''Hynes'' is a surname, many examples of which originate as the anglicisation the
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
name ''Ó hEidhin''.
Etymology
According to the ''
Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
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'', the modern name ''Hynes'' 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
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 ...
name ''
Hine
''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 addit ...
'' (with the addition of the
genitive ''-s'' case ending, 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
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 settlers in the mid-5th c ...
''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.
Distribution
Around 2011, there were 3320 bearers of the surname ''Hynes'' in Great Britain and 3605 in Ireland. In 1881, there were 717 bearers of the name in Great Britain, with higher frequencies in the north of England, especially Lancashire; Devon and Cornwall; and also central Scotland, especially Lanarkshire.
[''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. 1369 .v. ''Hynes'' .]
People
Notable people with surname include:
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Eidhean mac Cléireach
Eidhean mac Cléireach, ancestor of the Ó hEidhin/Hynes family of County Galway, fl. 800.
Eidhean was a member of the dynasty of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, and a descendant of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin (d. 663), Fiachrae mac Eochaid Mugmedon (fl. 5t ...
, fl. 800, ancestor of the Ó hEidhin/Hynes family of south County Galway
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Andrew Hynes (1750–1800), founder of Elizabethtown, Kentucky
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Charles J. Hynes
Charles Joseph Hynes (born Charles Aiken Hynes; May 28, 1935 – January 29, 2019) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New York who served as Kings County District Attorney from 1990 to 2013.
Early life and education
Hynes ...
, former District Attorney of Kings County, New York
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Daniel Hynes
Daniel W. Hynes (born July 20, 1968) is an American politician, formerly serving as the Illinois Comptroller.
Background
Hynes was born in Chicago, the son of Thomas Hynes, a former Cook County assessor, president of the Illinois Senate and D ...
(born 1968), Comptroller of the State of Illinois
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Devonte Hynes
Devonté Hynes (born David Joseph Michael Hynes, 23 December 1985), also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and director based in New York City. From 2004 to 2006, Hynes was ...
, musician known under the moniker Blood Orange, former member of the band Test Icicles
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Garry Hynes
Garry Hynes (born 10 June 1953) is an Irish theatre director. She was the first woman to win the prestigious Tony Award for direction of a play.
Biography
Hynes was born in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon, and educated at St. Louis Convent at ...
, award-winning Irish theatre director
*
Jessica Hynes
Tallulah Jessica Elina Hynes (''née'' Stevenson; born 30 October 1972) is an English actress, director and writer. Known professionally as Jessica Stevenson until 2007, she was one of the creators, writers and stars of the British sitcom ''Spac ...
(born 1972), English actress and writer, most renowned as one of the stars of the UK sitcom ''Spaced''
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James Hynes (born 1955), contemporary American novelist
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John Hynes (politician)
John Bernard Hynes (September 22, 1897 – January 6, 1970), was an American politician serving as the Mayor of Boston from 1950 to 1960.
Career
Hynes began his career at city hall in 1920 as a clerk in the health department. He later transferre ...
(1897–1970), Massachusetts politician, mayor of Boston 1950-1960
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Jon Hynes
Jon Hynes is an American classical concert pianist.
Biography
A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Hynes is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. His teachers included Vitaly Margulis and Natalya Antonova. Hynes spent ...
, American classical concert pianist
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Laurence Hynes Halloran
Laurence Hynes Halloran (29 December 1765 – 8 March 1831) was a poet, unordained clergyman and felon who became a pioneer schoolteacher, journalist, and bigamist in Australia, founder of the Sydney Public Free Grammar School.
Early life
Ha ...
(1765–1831), pioneer schoolteacher and journalist in Australia
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Marc Hynes
Marc Hynes (born 26 February 1978 in Guildford) is a British racing driver, who competed for Quantel Bifold Racing. with Triple Eight Race Engineering in the British Touring Car Championship.
He won the 1995 British Formula Vauxhall Junior tit ...
(born 1978), British race car driver
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Martin Hynes, American screenwriter, director, actor and producer of independent films
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Mary Hynes (broadcaster), Canadian radio and television broadcaster
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Peter Hynes (footballer)
Peter Hynes (born 28 November 1983) is an Irish footballer.
Playing career
English career
Hynes began his career as a trainee with Aston Villa where he played in Villa's 2002 FA Youth Cup winning side and turned professional in November 2000. ...
(born 1983), Irish footballer
*
Peter Hynes (rugby union)
Peter Hynes (born 18 July 1982) is a retired Australian professional rugby union footballer. He played on the wing or at fullback for the Queensland Reds and Australia.
Early life
Born and raised in Brisbane, Hynes attended Brisbane State High S ...
(born 1982), Australian rugby union player
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Ron Hynes
Ron Hynes (December 7, 1950 – November 19, 2015) was a folk singer-songwriter from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was especially known for his composition "Sonny's Dream", which has been recorded worldwide by many artists and was named the 41s ...
, Canadian folk singer-songwriter from Newfoundland
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Samuel Hynes
Samuel Lynn Hynes (August 29, 1924 – October 9, 2019) was an American author. He won a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for ''The Soldiers' Tale'' in 1998.
Biography
Samuel Hynes was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Minnesot ...
(1924–2019), American historian and writer
*
Thomas Hynes
Thomas C. Hynes (November 5, 1938 – May 4, 2019) was a physics teacher who served as Cook County Assessor, President of the Illinois Senate, and 19th Ward Democratic Committeeman. Hynes was also a candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1987. He was ...
(1938–2019), American lawyer and politician
*
Tyler Hynes
Tyler Jeffrey Hynes (born May 6, 1986) is a Canadian actor.
Early life
Hynes was born in Toronto, Ontario, but later grew up on a ranch outside Ottawa. He began acting professionally at the age of eight.
Career
Hynes got his professional st ...
(born 1986), Canadian actor
Fictional characters
*Joe Hynes, character in James Joyce's novel ''
Ulysses''
Places
*
Hynes, California now part of Paramount, California
See also
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Hynes Convention Center
The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center is a convention center located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1988 from a design by architects Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood. It replaced the John B. Hynes Memorial Auditorium, also ...
, a exhibition center in Boston's Back Bay
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Hynes Convention Center (MBTA station)
Hynes Convention Center station is an underground light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line. It is located at the intersection of Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue near the western end of th ...
, the MBTA stop at Convention Center
*Hyness, a character in
Kirby Star Allies
''Kirby Star Allies'' is a 2018 platform video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The twelfth mainline installment in the '' Kirby'' series, the player controls Kirby in his quest to prevent a p ...
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Hynes Athletic Center
The Hynes Athletics Center is a 2,578-seat multi-purpose arena in New Rochelle, New York. It was built in 1974 and is home to the Iona College (New York), Iona College Iona Gaels, Gaels basketball and volleyball teams.
In 2005, the building was ...
, a 2,611-seat multi-purpose arena in New Rochelle, New York
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Hines (disambiguation)
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Hein
Hein is a Dutch and Low German masculine given name, a short version of Hendrik/Heinrich, a derivative surname most common in Germany.
Given name
* Hein van Aken (c. 1250 – c. 1325), Flemish poet
* Hein de Baar (born 1949), Dutch oceanog ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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Heini
Heini is both a given name and a surname. It is mainly a masculine given name in German-speaking countries, but a feminine given name in Finland. However, in Wales, it is a both masculine and feminine given name, meaning 'healthy and spirited'. Cur ...
, a given name and a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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Heyne, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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Heine, a surname
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Heines, a surname
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Hines (name), a name
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Heinie (disambiguation)
References
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Surnames
English-language surnames
Anglicised Irish-language surnames
Surnames of Irish origin
Surnames of British Isles origin