Mclane

muh-KLAYN
Scottish, Irish
"son of the servant of St. John"

Mclane Origin and Meaning

The name Mclane is a boy's name meaning "son of the servant of St. John".

Stylized as McLane and sometimes spelled as McLain and McLean (along with the Mac versions), this occupational surname has potential as a given name. With the familiar sounds of popular Lane and Laney, the cool 'Mac' beginning of McKenzie, McCall, and Macauley, and a connection to the classic John, it has lots to recommend it.

Despite its popularity as a surname, McLane is as yet undiscovered as a first name, given to just 6 boys in a recent year. It was notably borne as a middle name by Benjamin McLane Spock, better known as Dr Spock, the author of Baby and Child Care (1946).