Tine Family History
Tine Name Meaning
Italian (Sicily; Tiné): most probably an occupational name for a comb maker from a shortened form of medieval Greek kteneas from ktenion ‘comb’ + the occupational suffix -eas. English (Middlesex and Northamptonshire): variant of Tyne . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland. Perhaps also an Americanized form of German Thein .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022