Vine Family History

English: of Norman origin a topographic name denoting someone who lived or worked at a vineyard from Old French vigne Middle English vine ‘vine’. In towns it may have also been a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a vine e.g. to the house of a wine merchant (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in English).

Vine growing was formerly more common in England than it is now and there are several minor places in southern England named from their vineyard, any of which may be partial sources of the surname.

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