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)

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

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