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What does Jairus mean?
Jairus 
as a boys' name is pronounced JARE-us. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Jairus is "God enlightens". Biblical: Jarius was the father of a young girl resurrected by Jesus.
STARTS WITH Ja-
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Variations
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jairus Jiraiya (J.J.), ..
How popular is Jairus?
Jairus is an uncommonly occurring first name for men. Jairus is an uncommon last name too for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Jairus was first listed in 1980-1989 and reached its highest rank of #1356 in the U.S. in the year 1994, but is not in the Top 1000 at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Jair (#1029 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) and Jairo (#942) are the popular related forms of Jairus listed in the Top 2000. These relations of Jairus were favored by parents 15 years ago (MEDIAN #968) and are somewhat less popular today (#1323, ▼49.3%).
Similar Names
Jairus is alike in pronunciation to Jaris, Jarius and Joris. Other recommended sound-alike names are Ambrus, Arius, Cairns, Caius, Clitus, Cyrus▲, Dacius, Darious, Darrius▼, Emerus, Faunus, Fawnus, Firus, Florus, Gaius, Hampus, Icarus, Jabes, Jabir, Jacques, Jagu, Jagur, Jaide, Jaiden, Jaidin, Jailon, Jaime, Jaimey, Jaimie, Jairome, Jaisen, Jakub, Janiusz (see Janus), Janos, Janus, Janusz, Jarah, Jaray, Jared▼, Jarek, Jaren▼, Jarid, Jarl, Jarod▼, Jaron▼, Jarran, Jarrel, Jarret, Jarrid, Jarron, Jarrot, Jary, Jaryd, Jayron, Jesous, Jiles, Jiro, Kadmus, Kairns, Magus, Manus, Marinus, Marius, Markus, Mateus, Maurus, Paulus, Siorus, Tacitus, Taurus, Tyrus and Vasilus. These names tend to be more commonly used than Jairus.
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