Mcclain

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mcclain by the numbers

Mcclain was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Mcclain

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mcclain. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Maclainson of the servant of Saint Columba14 in the US (2017)
  • Mclainson of lain; patronymic surname form9 in the US (2017)

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