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Jair
Pronounced /d͡ʒaɪˈɪəɹ/
Rank in 2024
#1,172
Born in 2024
177
Peak year
2003 · #507
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 177 boys were named Jair, about 1 in every 9,691.
- It peaked in 2003 with 480 babies, ranked #507.
- It first shows up in the records in 1971.
- 7,087 boys have been named Jair since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jair per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 63 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 570 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,905 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,549 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Jair, Iair, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρ (Iáïr), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”). Doublet of Yair and Jairus.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /d͡ʒaɪˈɪəɹ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jair, CC BY-SA 4.0.