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The surname McLean is a variant of McLain meaning son of the servent of John
McLean
Usage: Scottish, Irish
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Variant of McLain.
McLain
Usage: Scottish, Irish
Extra: Statistics, *Edit This Entry*
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.html
http://www.cat-dog-names.com/scottish-dog-names.html
http://www.yachtsee.com/boatname/scottish.php
http://www.all-babynames.com/baby-names-meaning-l1.html
http://www.20000-names.com/female_scottish_names.htm
http://www.mybirthcare.com/favorites/pg6/baby-names-l.asp
http://www.babiesonline.com/babynames/index.asp?name=John
http://www.pickbabynames.com/_alphabeth/L-7.html
http://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




Paula

This message was edited by the author on June 11, 2006 at 4:36:25 PM

• Leana - Elena  Jun 9 2006, 9:48:34 PM
  • Re: Leana - Cleveland Kent Evans  Jun 9 2006, 10:09:58 PM
    • Sorry meant to be under first post - raindancing  Jun 11 2006, 4:35:29 PM
      • Re: Sorry meant to be under first post - Elena  Jun 11 2006, 6:21:29 PM
    • Re: Leana - Elena  Jun 9 2006, 10:16:00 PM