Jair

English

Alternative forms

• Yahir

Etymology

From Middle English Jair, Iair, from Old English Iāirus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρ (Iáïr), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”). Doublet of Jairus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: jəʹĭɘ, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈɪə̯(r)/
• (General American) enPR: jəʹîr, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈɪəɹ/, [d͡ʒəˈɪɚ̯]
• (General Australian) enPR: jəʹĭɘ, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈɪə̯/
• (New Zealand) enPR: jəʹēɘ, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈiːə̯/
• (Ireland, Scotland) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈir/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈɜː/
• (India) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈiaɾ/
• Hyphenation: Ja‧ir
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Jair

1. A judge of Israel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 10:3:

     And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Related terms

• Jairus
• Yair

Translations

given name

• Acehnese: Yair
• Afrikaans: Jaïr
• Albanian: Jair m
• Amharic: ያኢር m (yaʾir)
• Arabic: جايروس m

  Algerian Arabic: يايرُس (Yayrus)

  Chadian Arabic: [script needed] (Yayiir)

  Sudanese Arabic: [script needed] (Yaayir)

• Armenian: Հայիր m (Hayir)
• Aromanian: Jair m
• Assamese: যায়ীৰ (zayir)
• Asturian: Xairu m
• Azerbaijani: Yair m
• Balinese: Yair
• Basque: Jair
• Bavarian: Jeier
• Belarusian: Яір m (Jair)
• Bengali: যায়ীর m (Yāẏīra)
• Breton: Jair m
• Bulgarian: Яир m (Jair)
• Catalan: Jaire m
• Cebuano: Jair
• Central Franconian: Jair
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 睚珥 (Yá ěr)

• Coptic: Ⲓⲁⲓⲣ (iair)
• Cornish: Yair
• Corsican: Ghjaìru
• Czech: Jaír m
• Danish: Jair
• Dutch: Jaïr m
• Eastern Canadian Inuktitut: ᔧᕆ (Jiri)
• Esperanto: Jair m
• Estonian: Jair m
• Extremaduran: Jairu
• Faroese: Jáir m
• Finnish: Jair (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Jaïr
• French: Jaïre m

  Middle French: Iaïr m

• Friulian: Gjaîr m
• Galician: Iair m
• Georgian: იაირ (iair)
• German: Jaïr m

  Alemannic German: Iair m

• Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 m (iaeirus)
• Greek: Ιάειρος (el) m (Iáeiros)

  Ancient Greek: Ἰάϊρος m (Iáïros)

• Greenlandic: Jairi
• Hawaiian: Iaira
• Hebrew: יַאִיר (he) m (ya'ir)
• Hungarian: Jáír
• Hunsrik: Jairo m
• Icelandic: Jaír
• Indonesian: Yair m
• Interlingua: Iair
• Irish: Iáir m
• Italian: Iair m, Giairo m
• Japanese: ヤイル
• Javanese: Yair
• Kazakh: Жайыр (Jaiyr)
• Khmer: យ៉ាអ៊ារ (yea aa r)
• Korean: 야이르 m (yaireu)
• Kyrgyz: Жайыр (Jayır)
• Ladino: יאהיר (yahir)
• Latgalian: Jaira
• Latin: Jairus m, Iaīrus m
• Latvian: Jaīrs m
• Leonese: Xairu
• Ligurian: Giàiro
• Lithuanian: Jayras m
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Jaïr m

  German Low German: Jair m

• Luxembourgish: Ya'ir m
• Macedonian: Јаир m (Jair)
• Malay: Yair
• Maltese: Ġajjir m
• Manx: Jair m
• Maori: Haira m
• Middle English: Jair, Iair
• Middle High German: Iair m
• Middle Low German: Jayr
• Mirandese: Jair
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Иаир (Iair)

• Navarro-Aragonese: Iayr
• Nepali: याईर (yāīra)
• Newar: जैर m (jaira)
• North Frisian: Jair
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Ja'ir m

  Nynorsk: Ja'ir m

• Occitan: Jaire m
• Odia: ଯାୟୀର (jāyira)
• Old Catalan: Iayreus
• Old Czech: Jayr
• Old Dutch: Jaïr
• Old English: Iāirus m
• Old High German: Yairus
• Old Norse: Jair m
• Pashto: یایر m
• Pennsylvania German: Jair
• Persian: یائیر m
• Piedmontese: Giairo m
• Plautdietsch: Jair m
• Polish: Jair (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jair (pt) m
• Provençal: Jaïr
• Punjabi: ਜੈਰ m (jair)
• Romanian: Iair m
• Romansch: Jair m
• Russian: Иаи́р m (Iaír)
• Samoan: Iairo
• Sardinian: Jairu
• Saterland Frisian: Jaïr
• Scots: Jair m
• Scottish Gaelic: Iàir m
• Sicilian: Giairu m
• Slovak: Jáír m
• Spanish: Jairo (es) m

  Old Spanish: Jayr, Iayr

• Sundanese: Yair
• Swahili: Yairo m
• Swedish: Jair m
• Tagalog: Jair m
• Turkish: Yair m
• Ukrainian: Яір m (Jair)
• Urdu: یائیر m (yāer)
• Uzbek: Yair m
• Vietnamese: Giai-rơ
• Walloon: Jayire
• Welsh: Jair m
• West Frisian: Jaïr
• Yiddish: יאיר m (Yoir)

Statistics

• Jair is the 8473rd most common given name in the United States, with around 1,077 people bearing the name. [1]

Anagrams

• jari

Old Norse

Etymology

From Latin Iaīrus.

Proper noun

Jair m

1. Jair
   • Stjórn 195, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 403:

     Þar næst var domandi yfir Gyðingvm sa maðr er het Jair af Galaað .ii. ár oc .xx.

     And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. (KJV)

Descendants

• Icelandic: Jaír
• Faroese: Jáir
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ja'ir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ja'ir
• Swedish: Jair
• Danish: Jair

Portuguese

Etymology

From Hebrew יָאִיר.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈi(ʁ)/ [ʒaˈi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈi(ʁ)/ [ʒaˈi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈi(ʁ)/ [ʒaˈi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈi(ɻ)/

Proper noun

Jair m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jair or Yair