Tine

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tine"

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Italian Tinè, a surname predominantly found in Sicily.
• An English surname, variant of Tyne.
• An Americanized spelling of the German surname Thein.

Proper noun

Tine (plural Tines)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tine is the 37391^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 596 individuals. Tine is most common among White (85.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tine”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Danish

Proper noun

Tine

1. a female given name, diminutive of Katrine or of any name ending in -tine

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tine

1. a female given name, diminutive of Kristine and Martine