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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BLAIN

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(origin: Fr. Local) From the town of Blain, in Bretagne, France. Blaen, in the Welsh, signifies the summit or top; the same as pen, brig, and bar, the highest part of a mountain; the end or top of an object; the inland extremity of a glen; a leader or chief.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).