Drain

English

Etymology

• As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from Ó Dreain (“descendant of Drean”), probably from dreán (“wren, songbird”) (see Welsh dryw (“wren”)).
• Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Druacháin; see Drohan.
• As an English surname, occupational surname related to the noun drain.
• Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Drane.
• As a French surname, reduced from Derain, from Old French dererain (“the last”), nickname for the youngest son of a family; see derrière (“behind”).

Proper noun

Drain (plural Drains)

1. A surname.
2. A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Drain is the 8527^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3859 individuals. Drain is most common among White (62.87%) and Black/African American (31.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Drain”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 486.

Anagrams

• Darin, Drina, Indra, Nadir, Nardi, Ndari, Radin, dinar, nadir, ranid