Payne Forename
Approximately 1,555 people bear this name
Payne Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin paganus, originally ‘rustic’, ‘villager’, later ‘heathen’. Its use as a personal name-appears to be late (cf. Urbanus). It was introduced into England by the Normans (Edmundus fil. Pagani occurs in Domesday Book), and it soon became common, the usual vernacular form of the name being Payn (cf.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 89% | 860 | 1:421,555 | 11,782 |
| Ghana | 100% | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Israel | 100% | 69 | 1:121,781 | 4,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 39 | 1:395,482 | 19,357 |
| Liberia | 94% | 36 | 1:122,557 | 4,984 |
| China | - | 31 | 1:44,066,316 | 61,924 |
| Philippines | 68% | 28 | 1:3,786,053 | 70,966 |
| Australia | - | 25 | 1:546,305 | 8,356 |
| Afghanistan | 78% | 18 | 1:1,812,418 | 16,974 |
| England | 96% | 17 | 1:3,270,760 | 34,807 |
| South Africa | 90% | 14 | 1:3,895,189 | 90,619 |
| Canada | 100% | 12 | 1:2,761,114 | 36,116 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Jamaica | - | 7 | 1:411,890 | 11,384 |
| Kenya | - | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6 | 1:29,594,060 | 217,150 |
| Malaysia | 50% | 5 | 1:6,089,988 | 140,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Brazil | - | 2 | 1:107,118,077 | 571,487 |
| India | 100% | 2 | 1:607,438,986 | 4,324,298 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1 | 1:70,065,813 | 391,235 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
Payne (282,640) may also be a surname.
Payne Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin paganus, originally ‘rustic’, ‘villager’, later ‘heathen’. Its use as a personal name-appears to be late (cf. Urbanus). It was introduced into England by the Normans (Edmundus fil. Pagani occurs in Domesday Book), and it soon became common, the usual vernacular form of the name being Payn (cf. French païen ‘pagan’); the surnames Pagan, Pain, Paine, Payne, and Paynel, Paganel, Pannet from diminutive forms, testify to its popularity. It did not, however, survive the Reformation as a christian name.
Paganus, Pagen Domesday Book 1086. Paganus Curia Regis Rolls 1189-1220, Feudal Aids 1303. Pagan Pipe Roll 1165, Hundred Rolls 1273. Payne Close Rolls 1249. Payn Hundred Rolls 1273. Pagane English Register of Godstow Nunnery, c. 1450 (E.E.T.S. 129-30) 1450. Paganel or Pain Writs of Parliament 1301. Paynel Hundred Rolls 1273.
A Latin name, meaning: Rustic. (Middle English) A form of pagan.
Payne Forename Popularity
Payne Demographics
Average Male Payne Height
177.02 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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