Origin and popularity of the name SAIN

Origin

Sain : 1: Americanized form of German Zirn which is a variant of Zürn (see Zurn). Compare Saine Sane and Sayne.2: Croatian and Serbian (Šain): metonymic occupational name for a hawker or a nickname from ša(h)in ‘falcon hawk (trained for hunting)’ a word of Turkish and ultimately Persian origin (see Sahin). Compare Shain and Shine.3: Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Šajn: nickname from šajn an obsolete loanword from German meaning ‘shine’ or a Slavicized form of German Schein. As a Croatian surname it may also be a variant of Šain (see 2 above). Compare Shain and Shine.4: Spanish: nickname from saín ‘fat’.5: Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from Saim in Portugal or Zaín in Galicia.6: French (Saïn): metonymic occupational name for a pork butcher from Old French sain ‘lard’.7: Indian: variant of Shahin and Sahin.

Saine : 1: Variant of Sain 1 a surname of German origin.2: French: probably a variant of Saïn (see Sain 6).3: West African (Gambia): variant of the Serer name Sène (see Sene 2).

Sayen : 1: Altered form of French Séguin (see Seguin).2: French (mainly Ardennes): metonymic occupational name for a pork butcher from Old French sain ‘lard’.

Shain : 1: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from Shaia with the Slavic possessive suffix -in.2: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Schein.3: Americanized form of Croatian and Serbian Šain or Slovenian and Croatian Šajn (see Sain 2 and 3).

Shine : 1: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seighin ‘descendant of Seighin’ a personal name most probably derived from séaghainn ‘accomplished’.2: Irish: shortened altered form of Mac Seáin; see McShane.3: English: nickname from Middle English shine ‘fair handsome’ (Old English scīene). Compare Sheen 2 Shown 2 and Shinn.4: Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) or German Schein.5: Americanized form of Croatian and Serbian Šain or Slovenian and Croatian Šajn (see Sain 2 and 3).

Sine : English (Surrey): nickname apparently from Middle English signe singe sine sinne seine (Old English seg(e)n Old French seing sain) ‘sign mark’ more specifically ‘(pilgrim's) badge’ or ‘heraldic banner or device’ perhaps given to someone who wore or carried one of these.

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