Frequency: (285)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: habitational name for someone from a place called Vint, probably one in Oath, Somerset.
2. Scottish: variant of Wint, which is of unexplained origin.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
