Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage Scottish (Anglicized), Scottish Gaelic, English Pronounced Pron. BLAYN [key] Meaning & History Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Bláán, a shortened form of MACBLAIN, or a variant of Blin. It could also be a nickname for a person suffering from boils, from Middle English blain "blister"
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