Drain

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city Douglas County (county) Oregon (state) US (country).

Origin

• As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from Ó Dreain, probably from dreán (see Welsh dryw).
• 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, nickname for the youngest son of a family; see derrière.