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mcblain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mcblain
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Blatháin (“son of the servant of Saint Blane”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McBlains (plural) McBlane (alternative)

Questions

What does mcblain mean?
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does mcblain come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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