Fain

See also: fain

English

Etymology

• As a Jewish surname, variant of Fein.
• As an English surname, variant of Fayne.
• As a French surname, from placenames deriving from Latin fanum (“temple”) and Vulgar Latin *fangus (“mud, swamp”).

Proper noun

Fain (plural Fains)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fain is the 4379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8122 individuals. Fain is most common among White (81.83%) and Black/African American (12.02%) individuals.

Anagrams

• an if, fina, naif, naïf