Jair is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “he illuminates.” In 2024 it was given to 177 boys in the United States.
Jair belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “he illuminates” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jair first appears in Social Security records in 1971. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #506 in 2003, and in 2024 177 babies received the name — 7,087 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jair means “he illuminates” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jair is a boy name. In 2024, 177 babies received the name in the US.
Jair comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Jair first appears in US records in 1971. Its best-ever ranking was #506 in 2003, and 177 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jair is pronounced /d͡ʒaɪˈɪəɹ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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