Blair - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Blair \b-lair\ 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 common male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Blair. Click here to compare Blair with related baby names.