MacBain Clan and Tartan Infomation
Gaelic Name: MacBheathain
Crest: A grey demi-cat-a-mountain salient, on his sinister foreleg a Highland targe Gules
Motto: Touch Not A Catt Bot A Targe
Origin of Name: Son of Beatham
Badge: Red whortleberry or Boxwood
Lands: Dores, Inverness-shire
Clan Chief: James McBain of McBain
Associated Names The following names are considered septs of Clan MacBain: Bain, Bean, MacBean, MacBeth, Macilvain, MacVean, McBean, and McBeath The surname MacBain is a sept of Clan MackayMacBain Clan History
There are several possible Gaelic origins for this name but the most likely is bheathain [...]
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