Etymology

McBain

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Ghille Bhàin
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac a' Ghille Bhàin“son of the pale or white-haired man”
  2. English todayMcBain

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Ghille Bhàin (“son of the pale or white-haired man”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.