mockingbird_franklin Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) quite a few various answers, 1)patronymic from the personal name of Hain / Haine, 2) from the place Haynes in Bedfordshire, 3)from the Welsh personal name Einws, a diminutive of Einion (of uncertain origin, popularly associated with einion ‘anvil’) 4)Irish: variant of Hines Of the 4 possible variations can't find much on the last two The first alternative is of Anglo-saxon Origin and appears to have had a family seat in Lincolnshire from before the Norman conquest Haynes in Bedforshire first appears in Domesday Book as Hagenes, possibly derives from the plural of Old English hægen, hagen ‘enclosure’ but a more likelt alternative meaning is below. Hain is of Germaic origin (Hagano) meaning Hawthorne, Haynes in Bedfordshire again comes from the Germanic Hagano and Hagenes means 'land on which a Hawthorne tree stood' common spelling variations, Hian, Haines, Hains, Haine, Hainson Edited March 20, 2015 by mockingbird_franklin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hycus-flange Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Mine is from Germany/ Nederlands, it means the the man in charge, the Vormann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 A variation of my surname can by traced back to 300BC - Ancient India. Beat that! Mine can be traced back to 301BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Jones has to be first in Wales and maybe the US....I'm gonna guess Williams I wish I'd been online for the answers to the puzzle, but yes, it is Williams. More popular in New Zealand than in Wales I find surprising. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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