Hynes
English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Eidhin (“descendant of Eidhin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪnz/
Proper noun
Hynes (countable and uncountable, plural Hyneses)
- A surname from Irish.
- A former town, now part of Paramount, California.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hynes is the 4388th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 221.