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Bain

in Virginia

There are 554 people with the last name "Bain" in Virginia.

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Bain 1,494
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  5. is 1,494th most common Bain
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  7. is 1,496th most common Colley
  8. is 1,497th most common Leon
  9. is 1,498th most common Lunsford

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bain

Robert, James, William, David, John, Charles, Donna, Lisa, Michael, Thomas

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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