Blair - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Blair \b-

, also used as girl's name Blair, is pronounced blare. It is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "field, plain". Scottish surname now used as a given name, in origin a local name from places named with Gaelic "blàr". Used somewhat more for girls than for boys since the early 1980s.

Blair has 3 variant forms: Blaire, Blayr and Blayre.

Baby names that sound like Blair are Buhler and Bueller.

Blair is a somewhat common first name for men (#748 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#369 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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