Balmain

English

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from a place in Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + meadhan (“middle, center”).

Proper noun

Balmain (countable and uncountable, plural Balmains)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A suburb and an electoral district in New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• Balmain bug

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Balmain is the 126765^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 135 individuals. Balmain is most common among White (96.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Balmain”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 91.