Hynes

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Eidhin (“descendant of Eidhin”).

Proper noun

Hynes (countable and uncountable, plural Hyneses)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A former town, now part of Paramount, California.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hynes is the 4388^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8104 individuals. Hynes is most common among White (90.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hynes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 221.

Anagrams

• Heyns, hyens