Jair

English

Alternative forms

• Yahir

Etymology

From Middle English Jair, Iair, from Old English Iāirus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”).

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/
• (Indian) 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

• 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 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
• 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)

• Nepali: याईर (yāīra)
• Newar: जैर m (jaira)
• North Frisian: Jair
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Ja'ir m

  Nynorsk: Ja'ir m

• Occitan: Jaire m
• Odia: ଯାୟୀର (jayirô)
• 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