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Dain

Dain proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Dain (plural Dains)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Dain

pluralDains

Origin of Dain

* As an English surname, variant of Dine. * Also as an English surname, variant of Dean. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Dayan. * As a French surname, from the adjective dain (“nimble, agile”), presumably related to the noun meaning "deer."

Questions about Dain

What does Dain mean?
Dain means a surname.
What part of speech is Dain?
Dain is a proper noun.

Words near Dain in the dictionary

  1. daimyos
  2. daimyoship
  3. daimyoships
  4. daimyō
  5. daimyōs
  6. Dain
  7. dain't
  8. dain-bread
  9. daincha
  10. Daines
  11. daing

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