Mcbain Family History
Mcbain Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac B(h)eathain ‘son of Beathan’ (Irish Beathán) a personal name from a diminutive of beatha ‘life’. It is possibly also a shortened form of Mac Gille Bheathain ‘son of the servant of Beathan’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022