Where Does the Heining Surname Come From?

The last name Heining is another written form of Hein, a German family name. The family name meaning is “From Hein, a short form of Heinrich”, the same as for Hein. Heining is built on the same root as Hein, with the ending -ing. The same family of names includes Heine, Heins and Heinke.

Heining sounds close to Henning, so it can help to search both.

Arms linked to Hein and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Heining report, with a museum-style coat of arms.