Yair

Meaning: He will give light
Origin: Hebrew — Original form of Jair

Boy's name · #1450 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Yair's best rank, #706, came in 2006; it has settled back to #1450 today. Roughly 5,000 boys have been named Yair since 1976.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#377 in Mexico (2024) · #508 in Ecuador (2025) · #6,553 in France (2025) · #3,255 in England & Wales (2024) · #3,589 in Austria (2024) · #24,476 in Italy (2023) · #265 in Puerto Rico (2019) · #924 in Poland (2016) · #2,715 in Canada (2015) · #1,250 in Slovakia (2013).

Famous Yairs

Yair Lapid — Prime Minister of Israel in 2022 (born 1963)
Yair Rodríguez — Mexican mixed martial artist and Taekwondo black belt (born 1992)
Yair Golan — Israeli politician and former army general (born 1962)
Yair Klein — Israeli mercenary (born 1943)

What Yairs become

Among 164 notable people named Yair:

Military figures appear 2.15× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yair Golan, Israeli politician and former army general (born 1962).

Similar names: Jair · Yael · Malikai · Meir · Isai · Yaakov

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