# Dain

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #70,596

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* 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."

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dain