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Bain Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname for a fair-haired person, from Gaelic
bàn ‘white’, ‘fair’. This is a common name in the Highlands,
first recorded in Perth in 1324. WN It is also found as a reduced
form of McBain.Northern English: nickname meaning ‘bone’,
probably bestowed on an exceptionally tall, lean man, from Old English
ban ‘bone’. In northern Middle English -a- was
preserved, whereas in southern dialects (which later became standard),
it was changed to -o-.Northern English: nickname for a
hospitable person, from northern Middle English beyn,
bayn ‘welcoming’, ‘friendly’ (Old Norse beinn
‘straight’, ‘direct’).English and French: metonymic
occupational name for an attendant at a public bath house, from Middle
English, Old French baine ‘bath’.French: topographic name
for someone who lived by a Roman bath, from Old French baine
‘bath’ or a habitational name from a place in Ille-et-Vilaine, named
with this word.Possibly an altered spelling of North German
Behn.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bain Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bain families
 111 - 220  38 - 110 |
 1 - 37  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bain families
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169 - 335 57 - 168 |
1 - 56 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bain families
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584 - 1,165 195 - 583 |
1 - 194 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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