Given name & surname
Fines
“one who is smooth”
Fines is a variant of Finesse. One American interpretation is “one who is smooth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fines is a variant of Finesse. One American interpretation is “one who is smooth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fines is a variant of Finesse. An origin associated with Finesse is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fines through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1947. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 797 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fines’s family of names
Fines has a related form in Finesse. In Greek usage, Fines as a surname is a transliteration of Φινές.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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