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Bain

in North Dakota

There are 9 people with the last name "Bain" in North Dakota.

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Ranking in North Dakota

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Bain 10,035
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  1. is 10,031st most common Avalos
  2. is 10,032nd most common Avard
  3. is 10,033rd most common Bahn
  4. is 10,034th most common Baillie
  5. is 10,035th most common Bain
  6. is 10,036th most common Balfour
  7. is 10,037th most common Balster
  8. is 10,038th most common Banasik
  9. is 10,039th most common Bartel

Similar Names and Nicknames

Baum, Baines, Bainbridge, Bayne, Bains, Baine, Bainter, Bahn, Bahm, Baun

Most Common First Names for Bain

Amber, Gladys, Kimberle, Michael, Pat, Patricia, Robert, Rosalie, Stephen

Meaning & History

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.

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