The surname McLean is a variant of McLain meaning son of the servent of
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Usage: Scottish, Irish
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Variant of McLain.
McLain
Usage: Scottish, Irish
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From Gaelic Mac Gille Eáin meaning "son of the servant of
John
Lean is another form of this surname
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/lean-family-crest.htm
All these sites mention Leana as meaning serves
John, and
Ian =
John
http://www.daire.org/names/celtscotfem.htmlhttp://www.cat-dog-names.com/scottish-dog-names.htmlhttp://www.yachtsee.com/boatname/scottish.phphttp://www.all-babynames.com/baby-names-meaning-l1.htmlhttp://www.20000-names.com/female_scottish_names.htmhttp://www.mybirthcare.com/favorites/pg6/baby-names-l.asphttp://www.babiesonline.com/babynames/index.asp?name=Johnhttp://www.pickbabynames.com/_alphabeth/L-7.htmlhttp://www.thebabycorner.com/babynames/l/11/
Of corse not many sites are trustworthy when it comes to true meanings and it may be possible that the Author just took as true something he read
This message was edited 6/11/2006, 4:36 PM