Redwine
An English nickname-style surname, likely built from the color adjective “red” plus “wine,” and probably created as a colorful byname rather than a literal reference to drink.
The #9,141 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 86,508 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Redwine is best understood as an English compound surname made from the words red and wine. In surname formation, such combinations often began as distinctive nicknames, or as names taken from a house, sign, or personal association, rather than from a single fixed occupational meaning. The literal sense is transparent, but the exact reason the name was first applied is not securely known.
History
The surname appears in English-language surname lists and is found in the United States today, though it is not among the most common names. Similar compound surnames with wine as the second element are also recorded in English onomastic tradition, suggesting a creative nickname pattern. Because the surviving evidence here is only an incidental mention, the deeper family-history trail may vary by line and region.
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Fun fact
Old surname collections grouped Redwine with other vividly descriptive names like Goodwine, Sweetwine, and Richwine.
From the historical record
“Winestock, Wine, Wines, Champagne, Hochheimer,St. Jnlien, Heidsick, Kalon, Tokay, Toquet, Sherry, Claret, Muscatelle, Malmsee, Oldwine, Goodwine, Redwine, Richwine, Sourwine, Sweetwine, Nightwine, Fruitwine, Bagwine (?), Bacharach, (See Rhine, Bnrgnndy, &c.) Liquor, Liquors, Licker (?), Spirits, - Marachino, Ver-…”
— A Grammar of American Surnames