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Bain

in Missouri

There are 428 people with the last name "Bain" in Missouri.

Ranking in Missouri

Name	Rank
Bain	1,525

is 1,521st most common Kempker
is 1,522nd most common Mccrary
is 1,523rd most common Parson
is 1,524th most common Randle
is 1,525th most common Bain
is 1,526th most common Bolden
is 1,527th most common Dick
is 1,528th most common Diehl
is 1,529th most common Pritchard

Meaning & History

Bain

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. 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 bān ‘bone’. In northern Middle English -ā- was preserved, whereas in southern dialects (which later became standard), it was changed to -ō-.

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 Illeet-Vilaine, named with this word.

Possibly an altered spelling of North German Behn.

FOREBEARS George Luke Scobie Bain (1836–91) was born in Stirling, Scotland. He ran away to sea and successively lived and worked in Portland, ME, Chicago, and St. Louis, where he was a miller and flour merchant and a very prominent citizen.