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Bain

in Tennessee

There are 1,022 people with the last name "Bain" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Bain 751
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  1. is 747th most common Waddell
  2. is 748th most common Hutchison
  3. is 749th most common Jefferson
  4. is 750th most common Rhea
  5. is 751st most common Bain
  6. is 752nd most common Bivens
  7. is 753rd most common Huffman
  8. is 754th most common Thacker
  9. is 755th most common Calhoun

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bain

James, Billy, William, Jerry, Richard, Linda, Michael, Patricia, Robert, Larry

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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