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BLAIN Family History

Recorded as MacBlain, MacBlayne, the short foms commening Mc and the forms with no prefix Blain and Blayne, this is a Scottish surname. Chiefly recorded in Ayrshire and Wigtownshire, it derives from the pre 10t century Old Gaelic "Mac Gille Blaan", meaning the son of the follower of St. Blaan. The translation is from from "Mac", son of, "gille", a follower, and the saint's name Blaan, a diminutive of "bla", meaning sallow. St. Blaan was a 6th century bishop whose feast day is on August 10th. He was born on the island of Bute, and is said to have been the son of Etha, the sister of St.