Scottish · Boy name
Blaine
“yellow”
About the name Blaine
Blaine comes from the Gaelic personal name Bláán, a diminutive formed from blá, meaning ‘yellow’. Saint Blane was a missionary bishop in Scotland, and the town of Dunblane, ‘fort of Blane’, is named after him. The name later appeared as a Scottish and Irish surname and was taken up as a masculine first name. In the United States the politician James G. Blaine made the surname familiar.
- Meaning
- yellow
- Origin
- Scottish
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- BLAYN(1 syl.)
Middle names for Blaine
- Blaine James
- Blaine Alexander
- Blaine Michael
- Blaine David
- Blaine John
Questions about Blaine
- What does Blaine mean?
- Blaine is a Scottish name meaning "yellow".
- How do you pronounce Blaine?
- Blaine is pronounced BLAYN, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Blaine?
- Variants of Blaine include Blain, Blainey.
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