Balmain

Balmain Meaning & Origin

About Balmain
The surname Balmain is of Scottish origin and is derived from the place name Balmain, which means "village on the river Mayne" in Gaelic. It is a locational surname, indicating that the original bearer of the name hailed from the village of Balmain.

🌍 Origin
📏 Surname Length
💬 Number of Syllables
🔠 Starting Letter

Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Balmain is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Balmain: 135
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 126765
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.05

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Balmain based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

Ranking information for the surname Balmain is not currently available.

Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
PLMN
🗽 NYSIIS
BANA
🔊 Soundex
B04505
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
B AE1 L M AH0 N
🌐 IPA
/balmain*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('PLMN', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
B455

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Balmain in Braille

Here's how to represent Balmain in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Balmain in braille

How to sign the name Balmain using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Balmain using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Balmain in sign language

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