Blain
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning bleak or pale; a blain or blister.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Blain by the numbers
Blain was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 58 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Blain. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Blain
Names that are said the same way as Blain, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean white
Like Blain, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Finnfair or white706 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Biancawhite or pure827 in the US (2017)
- Arjunbright; shining; white136 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Blain
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