Given name & surname
Bain
“a fair-haired man”
Bain is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a fair-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a fair-haired man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bain through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 325
- 325 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −60%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 368 as a first name in 2020; 16,721 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bain’s family of names
Bain has a related form in Bayne. Bain has a related form in Bane. Bain has a related form in Baen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Banevariant · English
- Baynevariant
- Bainevariant
- Bainesvariant · English
- Banesvariant
- Baenesvariant
- Baynesvariant
- Baenevariant
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