Paine (surname)

PaineOrigin

Word/name| Saxon
Region of origin| England
Other names
Variant form(s)| Payne

Paine is a surname. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland records it as a variant of Payne, along with Pain, Payn, Pane, Payen, Payan, Panes, and Pagan. The name Payne is believed to derive from the medieval English personal name Pagan.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

* Albert Paine (1861–1937), American author and biographer
* Albert Ingraham Paine (1874–1949), English soldier and cricketer
* Allie Paine (1919–2008), American college basketball player
* Augustus G. Paine, Sr. (1839–1915), American financier
* Augustus G. Paine, Jr. (1866–1947), American paper manufacturer and bank official
* Charles Jackson Paine (1833–1916), American Civil War general and America's Cup yachtsman
* Eleazer A. Paine (1815–1882), American Civil War general
* Elijah Paine (1757–1842), U.S. Senator from Vermont
* Ephraim Paine (1730–1785), Continental Congressman from New York
* George Paine (disambiguation), several people
* Godfrey Paine (1871–1932), Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officer
* Halbert E. Paine (1826–1905), American Civil War general
* Harriet Evans Paine (1822–1917), Texas storyteller and oral historian
* James Paine (disambiguation), multiple people
* John Paine (disambiguation), multiple people
* Lyman Paine (1901–1978), American architect
* Lynn S. Paine, American economist
* Mary Wheaton Paine (1936–2015), American actress
* Michael Paine (1928–2018), acquaintance of purported assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
* Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814), signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence or any of several Americans by this name
* Roxy Paine (born 1966), American artist
* Ruth Paine (born 1932), American woman who inadvertently played a role in the Kennedy Assassination
* Sumner Paine (1868–1904), American Olympic marksman
* Terry Paine (born 1939), English footballer
* Thomas Paine (disambiguation), several people
* Thomas Paine (1739–1809), U.S. Founding Father and author of Common Sense, Rights of Man and The Age of Reason
* Tim Paine (born 1984), Australian cricketer
* William Paine (disambiguation), several people

## See also

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* Pain (surname)
* Payne (surname)

## References

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1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; (Historian), Peter Mcclure (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland. ISBN 9780199677764. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

Surname list

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