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Mccain

McCain is a surname from Irish.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

McCain comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

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Mccain through the years

Babies since 1880
62
62 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2000
10 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024620002025Highest share 20000.0
Mccain in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2000–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 152 as a first name in 2020; 17,744 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.

Mccain’s family of names

In English usage, Mccain as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form Makeins. In English usage, Mccain as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Lithuanian form McCainas. In English usage, Mccain as a surname has a related form in MCKEAN.

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MccainMckeanМаккейнMcCainasMakeins매케인マケイン

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Mccain has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.

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7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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“descendant of Colgán”

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