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Coyne
The
Irish surname Coyne is a anglicised form of the gaelic O Cadhain,
meaning "descendant of Cadhan"; the name Cadhan itself
comes from the Irish meaning "wild goose". Bearers of
the name Coyne find their home in counties Mayo and Galway. The
sept is believed to have originated at Partry in Mayo and number
among the septs of the Ui Fiachrah Muaidhe. The surname is also
anglicised Kyne, and is often confused with the name Coen which
is properly derived from the Gaelic O' Comhdhain, and only rarely
from the name O' Cadhain. The sept of the O' Comhdhain is also
a branch of the Ui Fiachrach, hence the confusion, but generally
hails in this instance from counties Galway and Roscommon. Another
curious synonym of the surname Coyne is the Castlebar surname
Barnacle; this arose through the semi-translation of the surname,
the barnacle goose being a species of wildfowl commonly known
in Irish as "cadhan". The surname Coyne is most common
today in Mayo and in Dublin; the arms above were awarded to a
Dublin famliy of Coyne in 1663. Having said this, it must be noted
that number of bearers of the surname Coyne are actually of English
descent, having settled in Ireland in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries. The English surname is derived from Middle English
word "coyn", meaning a "coin" or piece of
money, and was adopted metonymically by one who was a "coiner"
by trade, one whose profession was minting of money. The surname
has been recorded in England since the thirteenth century when
one John Coyne appears in thed Feet of Fines for Staffordshire
in the Year 1242.
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