Blaine

Where Blaine comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Blaine.

  • From a surname
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Blaine through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1884
    Peak, #209
    62 babies named Blaine, its best rank.
  3. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #399.
  4. 1939
    Blaine Lindgren born
    American hurdler
  5. 1952
    Blaine Luetkemeyer born
    American politician
In the dictionary
  • A male or unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Blaine Luetkemeyer · American politician, born 1952
  • Blaine Lindgren · American hurdler, 1939–2019
  • Blaine Sexton · ice hockey player, 1892–1966
  • Blaine Higgs · Canadian politician, born 1954
  • Blaine Ridge-Davis · British cyclist, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.