Hyndman is a Scottish surname.

Origins

The surname Hyndman has two origins. First, it may be an

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, either from 'farm labourer' + , or a variant of . Second, it may have originated from a

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, possibly 'courteous' + . Variant spellings include Hindman. Early records of bearers of the surname include a Hector Hyndman of Renfewshire in the ''

Exchequer Rolls of Scotland The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland (Latin:) are records of the Scottish Exchequer dating from 1326 to 1708. The accounts were the responsibility of the Comptroller of Scotland. The National Records of Scotland , type = Non-ministerial government ...

'' for 1553. The

Scottish Register of Tartans The Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT) is Scotland's official non-ministerial department for the recording and registration of tartan designs, operating since 5 February 2009. As a governmental body, SRT is headquartered at HM General Register H ...

lists three

tartan Tartan ( gd, breacan ) is a patterned cloth consisting of criss-crossed, horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Sc ...

s for families named Hyndman. Two are restricted tartans: one for the family of Captain Henry Hyndman (1785–1849), the son of an

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Sout ...

colonel who settled in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

; the other for the family of Daniel Hyndman in

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

and

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

. The third, created for C. P. Hyndman (stated to be "the first Hyndman to record arms in the Lyon Register since 1672"), has a design chosen to reflect his family's association with the

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1968. The regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th Regiment ...

and the town of Paisley, and by C. P. Hyndman's wishes is available for all bearers of the surname born in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...

Statistics

The

1881 United Kingdom census The United Kingdom Census of 1881 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of Sunday 3 April 1881, and was the fifth of the UK censuses to include details of household members. Data recorded Details collected include: address, ...

found 338 bearers of the surname Hyndman, primarily in the west of Scotland. Statistics compiled by

Patrick Hanks Patrick Hanks (born 24 March 1940) is an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He has edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names. Background Hanks was educated at Ardingly College, ...

on the basis of the

2011 United Kingdom census A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for Nationa ...

and 2011 Ireland census showed 718 bearers of the surname on the island of

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

and 367 on the island of

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. In the United States, the 2010 Census found 1,054 people with the surname Hyndman, making it the 23,943rd-most-common surname in the country. This represented an increase from 1,038 (22,999th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, roughly nine-tenths of people with this surname identified as

non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic whites or Non-Latino whites are Americans who are classified as "white", and are not of Hispanic (also known as "Latino") heritage. The United States Census Bureau defines ''white'' to include European Americans, Middle Eastern Am ...

, and roughly six percent as non-Hispanic Black or African American.

People

* Abigail Hyndman (born 1990), British Virgin Islands beauty pageant titleholder *

Alex Hyndman Alex Hyndman (also known as Alexandra Hill) is an English broadcast journalist. Early life Hyndman was born in Grantham but grew up in Australia where she was educated at St Aloysius College, Adelaide. She moved back to the UK and attended Ki ...

(born 1978), British broadcast journalist *

Alicia Hyndman Alicia L. Hyndman is the Assembly member for the 29th District of the New York State Assembly. She is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Laurelton, Rosedale, St. Albans, Addisleigh Park, Hollis, Springfield Gardens and Jamaica in ...

(born 1971), American education administrator and member of the New York State Assembly *

Alonzo Hyndman Alonzo Bowen Hyndman (28 July 1890 – 9 April 1940) was a Canadian physician and politician. Hyndman was a Conservative and National Government member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in South Mountain, Ontario and became a ...

(1890–1940), Canadian physician and member of Parliament *

Bill Hyndman William Hyndman III (December 25, 1915 – September 6, 2001) was an American amateur golfer. Hyndman was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Hyndman won many amateur tournaments, over an almost 50-year span, including the U.S. Senior Amateur tw ...

(1915–2001), American amateur golfer * Catherine Hyndman (born 1990), Northern Irish footballer * Cherry Crawford Hyndman (1768-1845), Belfast woman reputedly a member of the republican Society of United Irishmen *

Chris Hyndman Christopher Edward Hyndman (March 3, 1966 – August 3, 2015) was a Canadian interior decorator and television personality, who was co-host of the afternoon talk show ''Steven and Chris'' on CBC Television until his death in August 2015. Career ...

(1966–2015), Canadian interior decorator and television personality * Clint Hyndman (), drummer for Australian band Something for Kate * Emerson Hyndman (born 1996), American association football (soccer) player * Frederick Walter Hyndman (1904–1995), Canadian insurance company executive and governor of Prince Edward Island * George Crawford Hyndman (1796–1867), Irish auctioneer *

Harry Hyland Hyndman Harry Harland Hyndman (January 31, 1920 – August 28, 1963) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Bracondale in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1945 to 1948 as a Progressive Conservative. The son of Henry Harland ...

(1920–1963), Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario *

Henry Hyndman Henry Mayers Hyndman (; 7 March 1842 – 20 November 1921) was an English writer, politician and socialist. Originally a conservative, he was converted to socialism by Karl Marx's ''Communist Manifesto'' and launched Britain's first left-wing p ...

(1842–1921), English socialist theoretician *

James Hyndman (politician) James Duncan Hyndman, CBE (July 29, 1874 – October 11, 1971) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge. He served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta, and was the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court of Alberta. Ea ...

(1874–1971), Canadian lawyer and justice of the Supreme Court of Alberta * James Hyndman (actor) (born 1962), Canadian actor *

John Hyndman John Hyndman (1723–1762) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the highest position in the Scottish church. Life He was born in 1723 in Greenock the son of John Hyndman, a ...

(1723–1762), Church of Scotland minister * Karine Gonthier-Hyndman (born 1984), Canadian actress from Quebec *

Kelley Hyndman Kelley Hyndman (born September 22, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. Hyndman was born in Massachusetts and is the daughter of Canadian Mike Hyndman, who played professional ice hockey in the World Hockey Association. Her you ...

(born 1985), American tennis player * Lou Hyndman (1935–2013), Canadian lawyer and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta *

Mike Hyndman Mike Hyndman (born December 8, 1945, in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian former ice hockey right winger who played in the World Hockey Association for the New England Whalers and the Los Angeles Sharks. Hyndman spent two seasons in the Ontario ...

(born 1945), Canadian ice hockey player * Peter Hyndman (1941–2006), Canadian lawyer and member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly *

Rob J. Hyndman Robin John Hyndman (born 2 May 1967) is an Australian statistician known for his work on forecasting and time series. He is Professor of Statistics at Monash University and was Editor-in-Chief of the ''International Journal of Forecasting'' f ...

(born 1967), Australian statistician *

Robert Stewart Hyndman Robert Stewart Hyndman (June 28, 1915 – November 29, 2009) was a distinguished Canadian portrait and landscape artist based in the National Capital Region. His career spanned more than 70 years. Early life Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ...

(1915–2009), Canadian painter * Schellas Hyndman (born 1951), American association football (soccer) coach * William Hyndman (baseball) (1854–1920), American baseball player

References

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