Given name & surname
Payne
“man from the country; a peasant”
Payne is a variant of Paine. One Latin interpretation is “man from the country; a peasant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Payne is a variant of Paine. One Latin interpretation is “man from the country; a peasant.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Payne is a variant of Paine. An origin associated with Paine is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Payne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,316
- 1,300 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 121 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #8,744 for boys · #16,673 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,744 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 121 in 2000. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,341 as a first name in 2020; 137,217 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Payne
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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