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Name meaning & stats

Jair

Jair means “he will light up” (Hebrew origin). 7,269 US babies since 1940, peak 2003.

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What it means

“he will light up”

HebrewWell documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 2003

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7,269 US babies were named Jair between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Jair (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: 61% of the family

  • Jair 61%
  • Jahir 24%
  • Jaire 11%
  • Jhair 1%
  • Jaheir 1%
  • Jayr 1%
  • Jahaire 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2003)