Heyne Family Crest & Name History

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Heyne usually leads back to Heine. The family name meaning is “From Hein, a short form of Heinrich”, the same as for Heine. Only a small detail separates the spellings: Heyne has “y” where Heine has “i”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

891 Americans were listed as Heyne in the 2010 census. From 1891 to 2000, 119 births in France were registered under Heyne. There were 9 such births in the 1890s and 16 in the 1990s.

There is no single Heyne family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Heyne family name pack.