Etymology

Baines

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Old French baine
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  1. Old French · derived frombaine“bath”
  2. English todayBaines

* Habitational, of Norman origin, after Bains (places in France in either Ille-et-Vilaine or Maine-et-Loire), from Old French baine (“bath”). * Variant of Bain or Bane with excrescent -s.

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