# Baines > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Baines > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Baines.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baines > Source revision: 1336204272 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Distinguish|Bains (disambiguation){{!}}Bains}} '''Baines''' is a surname of English, Scottish or Welsh origin. It shares many of the same roots with the British surname '''[Bains](/source/Bains_(disambiguation))'''.Reaney, P.H. ''A Dictionary of British Surnames'' Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2nd edition (1976)Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames'' Oxford University Press (1988) It shares some roots with the British surname '''[Bain](/source/Bain_(surname))'''. ==Derivation and variants== '''Baines''' has a number of different sources, several of them nicknames and another based on an occupation. In Scotland and the [north of England](/source/Northern_England) the [Old English](/source/Old_English) word ''bān'' ('bone') became [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) ''bān'' and ''bain''. It may have become a nickname in the plural, meaning 'bones' or '[long-]legs' (''cf.'' modern German ''Bein'', also meaning both "bone" and "leg"). The Middle English ''bayn'', ''beyn'' and the [Old Norse](/source/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'''. ==Frequency of occurrence== At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in [Rutland](/source/Rutland) (31.2 times the British average), followed by [Westmorland](/source/Westmorland), [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire), [Montgomeryshire](/source/Montgomeryshire) and [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire).{{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/baines |title=Baines Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 23 January 2014 Hanks and Hodges suggest in their "A Dictionary of Surnames" that many present day '''Baines''' descend from Robert Baines of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (born {{circa|1587}}). John Baines, Liverpool, England, Doctor of Physics. ==Notable people with the surname Baines== ''(In alphabetical order)'' * [Ajay Baines](/source/Ajay_Baines) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player * [Andrew Baines](/source/Andrew_Baines) (born 1963), Australian artist * [Anthony Baines](/source/Anthony_Baines) (1912–1997), English musicologist * [Charlie Baines](/source/Charlie_Baines) (1896–1954), English footballer * [Chris Baines](/source/Chris_Baines) (born 1947), English gardener, naturalist, television presenter and author * [Edward Baines (1774–1848)](/source/Edward_Baines_(1774%E2%80%931848)), English newspaper-proprietor and politician * [Edward Baines (1800–1890)](/source/Edward_Baines_(1800%E2%80%931890)), English newspaper editor and politician, son of the above * [Frank Baines](/source/Frank_Baines) (1877–1933), English architect * [James Baines (draper)](/source/James_Baines_(draper)) (1648–1717), English draper * [James Baines (merchant)](/source/James_Baines_(merchant)) (1822–1889), English merchant * [Lewis Baines](/source/Lewis_Baines) (born 1998), English footballer * [Francis Baines (1648–1710)](/source/Francis_Baines_(1648%E2%80%931710)), English Jesuit * [Sir George Grenfell-Baines](/source/George_Grenfell-Baines) (1908–2003), English architect * [George Washington Baines](/source/George_Washington_Baines) (1809–1882), American politician, journalist * [Harold Baines](/source/Harold_Baines) (born 1959), baseball player * [Jervoise Athelstane Baines](/source/Jervoise_Athelstane_Baines) (1847–1925), census commissioner in British India * [John Baines](/source/John_Baines_(Egyptologist)) (born 1946), British Egyptologist * [Joseph Wilson Baines](/source/Joseph_Wilson_Baines) (1846–1906), American politician from Texas * [Kate Baines](/source/Kate_Baines) (born 1978), English actress * [Leighton Baines](/source/Leighton_Baines) (born 1984) English footballer * [Matthew Talbot Baines](/source/Matthew_Talbot_Baines) (1799–1860), British lawyer and politician * [Michael Baines](/source/Michael_Baines) (1898–1990), English cricketer and British Army officer * [Nicholas M. Baines](/source/Nicholas_M._Baines) (born 1978), English keyboard player, ''Kaiser Chiefs'' * [Nick Baines (bishop)](/source/Nick_Baines_(bishop)) (born 1957), Bishop of Croydon * [Paul Baines (academic)](/source/Paul_Baines_(academic)) (born 1973), British marketing academic * [Paul Baines (footballer)](/source/Paul_Baines_(footballer)) (born 1972), former English footballer * [Peter Augustine Baines](/source/Peter_Augustine_Baines) (1787–1843), English Benedictine * [Richard Baines](/source/Richard_Baines), English historical figure, informant against Christopher Marlowe * [Robert A. Baines](/source/Robert_A._Baines) (1946–2026), American politician from New Hampshire * [Steve Baines](/source/Steve_Baines) (born 1954), English footballer * [Thomas Baines](/source/Thomas_Baines) (1820–1875), English artist and explorer * [Thomas Baines (Ontario)](/source/Thomas_Baines_(Ontario)) (1799–1867), Canadian crown land agent * [William Baines](/source/William_Baines) (1899–1922), English pianist and composer ==Distribution== As a surname, Baines is the 1,732nd most common surname in [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain), with 6,209 bearers. It is most common in [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), where it is the 626th most common surname, with 1,784 bearers. Other concentrations include, [Swansea](/source/Swansea), (88th,1,704), [City of Leeds](/source/City_of_Leeds), (167th,1,722), and [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire), (380th, 1,702). ==See also== * [Lyndon Baines Johnson](/source/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson) * [Bain (disambiguation)](/source/Bain_(disambiguation)) * [Baine (disambiguation)](/source/Baine_(disambiguation)) * [Bains (disambiguation)](/source/Bains_(disambiguation)) * [Banes (disambiguation)](/source/Banes_(disambiguation)) * [Baynes](/source/Baynes), a surname ==References== {{reflist}} {{surname}} Category:Welsh-language surnames Category:English-language surnames Category:Surnames of Welsh origin Category:Surnames of Lowland Scottish origin --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Baines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baines) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baines?action=history)). 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