Pine Family History
Pine Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pin(e) (Old English pīn Old French pin) a topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous pine tree or in a pine forest; in some cases it may originally have been a nickname for a tall man one thought to resemble a pine tree. English: nickname from Middle English pine ‘pain injury torture punishment infirmity’ referring to someone who suffered from an inflicted pain or punishment. English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Le Pin in Calvados or some other French place called from a prominent pine. Americanized form of German Peine . French: from the feminine form of Pin ‘pine’ a cognate of 1 above. This surname is rare in France; in North America it may thus (also) be an altered form of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022