The mcbain Surname
mcbain Name Meaning and History
- Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac a’ Ghille Bhàin ‘son of the pale or white-haired lad’, in some cases a descriptive nickname for an albino.
- variant of McBean.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 84 - Messages: 278
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| MCBAIN |
 RICKJBAIN
| 1 |
| Inverness McBains | Patrick Mohide | 39 |
| M(a)cBain - Alvie, Inverness-shire |
fionacmacdonald
| 3 |
| McBaine/Morgan Geneology | Deb Jones | 10 |
| MENERVIA McBAIN | KELLY HUBBLE | 2 |
| George McBain, Shanghai and Hong Kong, 1870s onwards |
fionacmacdonald
| 0 |
| foreign mcbains | sacha mcbain | 5 |
| McBain Family |
789pbxoperator
| 7 |
| James McBain - Anstruther, Fife |
allanmcdougall1
| 2 |
| McBain in Ardersier, Inverness-shire, 1775 |
mcbainbuff725
| 3 |
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