Bains Name Origin and Family Crest

Families named Bains share their surname's story with Bain, of which it is a variant. The name is usually explained as “fair-haired”.

• The extra ending in Bains is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Bain's family.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Banaś.
• About 3,377 people in the United States were recorded as Bains in 2010, placing it 9,621 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames.
• Other spellings include Baines, Baine and Bane.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Bain and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Bains family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.