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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : patronymic from White as a personal name, or translation of any of the many Gaelic names based on fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1) or bán ‘white’ (see Bain 1), as for example McLennan and McBain.

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