Name meaning & stats
Adair
Adair means “rich spear” (Scottish Gaelic origin). 2,924 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.
What it means
“rich spear”
Scottish GaelicForm of Edgar
In US birth records
Peak year: 2007
2,924 US babies were named Adair between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Adair (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 85% of the family
- Adair 85%
- Adir 10%
- Adar 5%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)