Of German origin: probably an Americanized spelling of
Meins.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic
from the Yiddish female personal name Mine (see Mindel)
+ the Yiddish possessive suffix -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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