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mein Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Dutch: from the Germanic personal name Maino, Meino, a short form of the various compound names with a first element magin ‘strength’, ‘might’, for example Meinhardt.
  2. German: from a byname from Middle High German mein ‘mean’, ‘nasty’.
  3. Scottish: variant of Main.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of mein Families in the US in 1920
Number of mein families
 14-26
 5-13		 1-4
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Threads: 15 - Messages: 62
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obit - Gary Richard MEIN , 1945 CA. - 2006 ORE. LorraineGilmer02 0
Alexander Mein of Dumfries ~ Banished in 1684 BasketLady420 0
Mein Family from Scotland Cindy Brown 3
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mein's from Dumfries and Glasgow carole 0
Margaret Mein MargaretMckie 1
ROBERT?ELIZABETH MEINS SAMUEL MEIN BillGribble32 2
Maria Mein Eilers of Milwaukee, Wi. Cmags111 0
Maria Mein Eilers of Milwaukee, Wi. Cmags111 0
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