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Hynes.

A surname from Irish.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/haɪnz/
  1. A surname from Irish.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A former town, now part of Paramount, California.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Eidhin (“descendant of Eidhin”).

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