Where Does the Hind Surname Come From?

In census returns, Hind often stands in for Hinds. Read literally, Hind points to “Servant / hind”.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Hind family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Spelling and variants

Hind drops the “s” of Hinds, a shortening that clerks often made. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Hind ranked 37,735 in the 2010 US Census, with 589 people answering to the name. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Hand. Get the complete Hind report, with a museum-style coat of arms.