Hiner
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Americanized spelling of German Heiner
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈhaɪnɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hiner is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- CACanada
- ITItaly
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Americanized spelling of German Heiner. SSEIliHEBThe earliest known bearer of the name is Philip Hyner, who was married on 25 July 1608 at Mildenhall, Suffolk. The name seems to have originated somewhere on the Cambridgeshire-Sulfolk border.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hiner is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
of uncertain origin, possibly an occupational name for a peasant or agricultural laborer, a variant of Hine, with the addition of the Middle English agent suffix -er.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Walloon, to throw
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Cynthia Hinerb. 1970USAmerican politician
- Hillary Hinerhistorian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.4K | #9,590 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.2K | #9,249 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.1K | #10,057 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 17 | #58,724 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 17 | #16,172 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Hiner come from?
- Americanized spelling of German Heiner. SSEIliHEBThe earliest known bearer of the name is Philip Hyner, who was married on 25 July 1608 at Mildenhall, Suffolk. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Hiner?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhaɪnɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Hiner mean?
- Recorded meaning: Americanized spelling of German Heiner.
- In which country does Hiner have the most bearers?
- Hiner is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hiner”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.