Meaning and Origin
What does the name Bane mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Illinois, U.S. says the name Bane means "Master of distress and confusion".
- A user from Kazakhstan says the name Bane is of Kurdish origin and means "'elegant' in Kurdish".
- According to a user from California, U.S., the name Bane is of Polynesian / Hawaiian origin and means "Long awaited child".
- That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.(Obs. except in combination, as in rats bane, hen bane, etc)
- Destruction; death.(Obs)"The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane." [Milton.]
- Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe."Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe." [Herbert.]
- A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.synonyms: Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.
Etymology: OE. bane destruction, AS. bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana murder, bano murderer, Goth. banja stroke, wound, Gr. foney`s murderer, fo`nos murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike. √31
- Something causing misery or death ("the bane of my life")
From Middle English bane, from Old English bana, from Proto-Germanic *banô (compare Old High German bano (“death”), Icelandic bani (“bane, death”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰon-on-, from the o-grade of *gʷʰen- (“to strike, to kill”).
- A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse.
- the of my existence
- (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
- (obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer.
- (obsolete) Destruction; death.
- A disease of sheep; the rot.
From Middle English ban (northern dialect), from Old English bān.
- (chiefly Scotland) bone
bane was also found in the following language(s): Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Latin, Manx, Middle Dutch, Middle English, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Portuguese, Scots, and Yola