Vine

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Vina in IN India, PH Philippines, AU Australia and 10 more and Viña in ES Spain, PE Peru, BO Bolivia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Vine is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese surname873 records spelled Vine4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil

  Also written Viné, Viñé, Viñe

• a separate name738 records spelled Vine5 spellings in the group

  Also written Viñé, Viñe, Vīne, Viné

• a separate name383 records spelled Vine3 spellings in the group

  Also written Viñé

• Indonesian name190 records spelled Vine3 spellings in the group

  Also written Viñé, Vįñê

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Vine is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, from OFr vigne ‘vine’; probably denoted a worker at a vineyard or someone living by a prominent vine; first attested Robert de Vigne 1236 Fees (Somerset)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In Spanish, first-person singular preterite indicative of venir

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Catalan, second-person singular imperative of venir

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, vocative singular of vīnus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• William Edwy Vineb. 1873GBBritish theologian (1873–1949)
• Frederick Vineb. 1939GBBritish geologist (1939–2024)
• Carl Vineb. 1954AUAustralian composer
• Jeremy Vineb. 1965GBEnglish journalist and radio presenter
• Tim Vineb. 1967GBEnglish comedian
• Stella Vineb. 1969GBEnglish artist (born 1969)
• Rowan Vineb. 1982GBEnglish footballer (born 1982)
• Bryce Vineb. 1988USAmerican singer and rapper
• Jay Vineb. 1995AUAustralian cyclist
• Cortnee Vineb. 1998AUAustralian soccer player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 93 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vine?

We estimate roughly 2.7 thousand people bear Vine (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Vine have the most bearers?

Vine is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled vine.

What does the name Vine mean?

Recorded meaning: ‘person who lives by or works in a vineyard’