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: 85 - Messages: 285
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| McBain Family |
 789pbxoperator
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| McBAIN Devon Stewart 1998 |
| 0 |
| McBain/Grant/Little in Teeswater, Bruce Co., Ontario | Linda Boyd | 3 |
| I am looking for information on Alexander and EmilyMcBain . | Kari McBain | 2 |
| Inverness McBains | Patrick Mohide | 40 |
| MCBAIN |
RICKJBAIN
| 1 |
| 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 |
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