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Surname Etymology and Meaning of FRAIN

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. English (of Norman origin): topographic name for someone who lived near an ash tree or ash wood, from Old French fraisne, fresne ‘ash’ (Latin fraxinus).
2. French: habitational name from a place in Vosges named Frain.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)