Baines
Encyclopedia
Baines is a surname
of English
, Scottish
or Welsh
origin. It shares many of the same roots with the British surname Bains. It shares some roots with the British surname Bain
.
and the north of England
the Old English word bān ('bone') became Middle English
bān and bain. It may have become a nickname in the plural, meaning 'bones'. The Middle English bayn, beyn and the Old Norse
beinn meant 'straight' or 'direct', which may have become a nickname. The Middle English bayne (and French bain) meant 'bath'. This may have become an occupational surname for an attendant at a public bath.
Baines may also have Welsh roots, from the patronymic ab Einws ('son of Einws'). Einws is a shortened version of the Welsh name Ennion, meaning 'Anvil'.
Variants of the surname Baines include Bains, Banes, Baynes and Bayns.
(31.2 times the British average), followed by Westmorland
, Lincolnshire
, Yorkshire
, Leicestershire
, Lancashire
, Nottinghamshire
, Montgomeryshire
and Bedfordshire
.
Hanks and Hodges suggest in their "A Dictionary of Surnames" that many present day Baines descend from Robert Baines of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (born c.1587).
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
, Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
or Welsh
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
origin. It shares many of the same roots with the British surname Bains. It shares some roots with the British surname Bain
Bain (surname)
Bain is an English, French, and Scottish surname. It may also be a variant form of a German surname.Bain shares many of the same origins as the surname Baines.-Northern English:There are two origins for the Northern English surname....
.
Derivation and Variants
Baines has a number of different sources, several of them nicknames and another based on an occupation. In ScotlandScotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and the north of England
Northern England
Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North or the North Country, is a cultural region of England. It is not an official government region, but rather an informal amalgamation of counties. The southern extent of the region is roughly the River Trent, while the North is bordered...
the Old English word bān ('bone') became Middle English
Middle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....
bān and bain. It may have become a nickname in the plural, meaning 'bones'. The Middle English bayn, beyn and the Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
beinn meant 'straight' or 'direct', which may have become a nickname. The Middle English bayne (and French bain) meant 'bath'. This may have become an occupational surname for an attendant at a public bath.
Baines may also have Welsh roots, from the patronymic ab Einws ('son of Einws'). Einws is a shortened version of the Welsh name Ennion, meaning 'Anvil'.
Variants of the surname Baines include Bains, Banes, Baynes and Bayns.
Frequency of Occurrence
At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in RutlandRutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
(31.2 times the British average), followed by Westmorland
Westmorland
Westmorland is an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974, after which the entirety of the county was absorbed into the new county of Cumbria.-Early history:...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire, also known as Maldwyn is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. Montgomeryshire is still used as a vice-county for wildlife recording...
and Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
.
Hanks and Hodges suggest in their "A Dictionary of Surnames" that many present day Baines descend from Robert Baines of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (born c.1587).
Notable People with the surname Baines
(In alphabetical order)- Ajay BainesAjay BainesAjay Baines is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the East Coast Hockey League and American Hockey League. He played for the Greenville Grrrowl, Norfolk Admirals, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, Hamilton Bulldogs, and Iowa Chops.- References :...
, Canadian ice hockey player - Anthony BainesAnthony BainesAnthony Cuthbert Baines was an English organologist who produced a wide variety of works on the history of musical instruments, and was a founding member of the Galpin Society.-Partial bibliography:...
, English musicologist - Professor Chris BainesChris BainesProfessor Chris Baines is one of the UK's leading independent environmentalists. He is a gardener, naturalist, television presenter and author.Baines grew up in Sheffield...
(born 1947), English gardener, naturalist, television presenter and author - Edward Baines (1774–1848), English newspaper-proprietor and politician.
- Edward Baines (1800–1890), son of the above, also a nonconformist English newspaper editor and Member oF Parliament.
- Sir Frank BainesFrank BainesSir Frank Baines, KCVO, CBE, FRIBA was at one time the architect heading Her Majesty's Office of Works.His most famous work was Thames House and its neighbour Imperial Chemical House in London, England...
(1877–1933), English architect - Sir George Grenfell-BainesGeorge Grenfell BainesProfessor Sir George Grenfell-Baines OBE DL was an English architect and town planner. Born in Preston, as George Baines, his family’s humble circumstances forced him to start work at the age of fourteen. Both George and his younger brother, Richard , were prodigiously gifted mathematicians and...
, English architect - George Washington BainesGeorge Washington BainesGeorge Washington Baines, Sr. , a maternal great-grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson , was a Baptist clergyman in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas who served briefly as natural science professor and President of Baylor University at its first location in Independence in Washington...
(1809–1882), grandfather of president Lyndon Baines Johnson - Gertrude BainesGertrude BainesGertrude Baines was an American supercentenarian, who became the oldest recognized living person according to Guinness World Records on January 2, 2009, until her own death on September 11, 2009, at age 115 years 158 days...
(1894–2009), American supercentenarian and formerly the oldest living person in the world - Harold BainesHarold BainesHarold Douglas Baines is a former right fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for five American League teams from 1980 to 2001. He is best known for his three stints with the Chicago White Sox, the team on which he now serves as coach...
, former right fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball - John BainesJohn BainesJohn Baines is the incumbent Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford and a fellow of The Queen's College. He is the author of multiple scholarly articles and publications relating to ancient Egyptian civilization....
(born 1946), incumbent Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. - Kate BainesKate BainesKate Baines is an actress, born in Doncaster, England.She has appeared in the popular long-running British soap opera's Hollyoaks , Coronation Street and Emmerdale...
(born 1978), English actress - Leighton BainesLeighton BainesLeighton John Baines is an English footballer who plays for Everton and the England national football team.He started his career with Wigan Athletic, with whom he won the Second Division in the 2002–03 season and was a runner-up in the 2004–05 Championship and the 2006 Football League Cup Final....
(born 1984), English footballer - Matthew Talbot BainesMatthew Talbot BainesMatthew Talbot Baines QC, DL was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. He most notably served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Lord Palmerston's 1855 to 1858 administration.-Background and education:...
(1799–1860), British lawyer and Liberal politician - Nick BainesNick BainesNicholas Matthew "Peanut" Baines, born 21 March 1978, is the keyboardist of the English indie-rock band Kaiser Chiefs.He studied at university for four years in Newcastle....
(born 1978), English keyboard player (Kaiser Chiefs) - Nick Baines (bishop) (born 1957), Bishop of Croydon
- Paul BainesPaul BainesDr. Paul Baines is a British marketing academic, specialising in the topic of marketing for political parties and candidates. He is Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Cranfield University...
(born 1973), British marketing academic - Peter Augustine BainesPeter Augustine BainesPeter Augustine Baines was an English Benedictine, Titular Bishop of Siga and Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England.-Life:...
(1787–1843), English Benedictine - Richard Baines, historical figure - Informant against Christopher MarloweChristopher MarloweChristopher Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. As the foremost Elizabethan tragedian, next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his mysterious death.A warrant was issued for Marlowe's arrest on 18 May...
- Robert A. BainesRobert A. BainesRobert A. Baines is a former mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. He served in that office from 2000 - 2006. A Democrat, he was first elected in November 1999, defeating incumbent Republican Raymond Wieczorek. Manchester mayoral elections are held every other year - in his last successful bid for...
(born 1946), former mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire - Steve BainesSteve BainesStephen John "Steve" Baines is an English former footballer and later a referee in the Football League. Born in Newark, Nottinghamshire, during his refereeing career he resided in Chesterfield, Derbyshire...
(born 1954), former English footballer - Thomas BainesThomas BainesThomas Baines was an English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia. Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Baines was apprenticed to a coach painter at an early age...
(1820–1875), English artist and explorer. - Thomas Baines (Ontario)Thomas Baines (Ontario)Thomas Baines was born in Caynham, England, as the son of the Rev. James Johnson Baines, and came to Canada c.1821.He worked as a land and immigrant agent with Peter Robinson, most notably settling the Irish immigrants in the Bathurst district and Peterborough, Ontario. He was later commissioned...
(1799–1867), Canadian Crown Land Agent
See also
- Baynes (disambiguation)
- Bain (disambiguation)
- BaineBaïneThe baïne is a geographical phenomenon unique to the Aquitaine coast of France found in the departements of Gironde and Landes. It takes the form of a small pool of water, parallel to the beach, directly connected to the sea. These are spaced every 300 to 400 metres and formed under the influence...
- Bains (disambiguation)
- Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. JohnsonLyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...