Cravate Bain Clan Scottish Tartan Plaid Pattern

Despite their name, the Bain family were not part of the Scottish Clan MacBean (McBain). They were in fact a branch or sept of the Clan Mackay, another Highland Scottish clan. The progenitor of this family was John Bain Mackay, otherwise known as John Bàn (Bàn is Gaelic for 'fair' as in fair-haired). John was the son of Neil Neilson Mackay who was in turn a grandson of Donald Mackay (died 1370), chief of Clan Mackay. John Bain Mackay dropped his surname and used his middle name of Bain as a surn