Hyndman
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Hyndman is a Scottish surname.
The surname Hyndman has two origins. First, it may be an occupational surname, either from hind 'farm labourer' + man, or a variant of hireman. Second, it may have originated from a nickname, possibly hende 'courteous' + man. Variant spellings include Hindman. Early records of bearers of the surname include a Hector Hyndman of Renfewshire in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland for 1553.[1]
The Scottish Register of Tartans lists three tartans for families named Hyndman. Two are restricted tartans: one for the family of Captain Henry Hyndman (1785–1849), the son of an East India Company colonel who settled in Hong Kong; the other for the family of Daniel Hyndman in Edinburgh and Ontario.[2][3] The third, created for C. P. Hyndman (stated to be "the first Hyndman to record arms in the Lyon Register since 1672"), has a design chosen to reflect his family's association with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the town of Paisley, and by C. P. Hyndman's wishes is available for all bearers of the surname born in Northern Ireland.[4]
