Blaire

Blaire: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“plain, field”
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
BLAIR · 1 syllable
Used for
Girls

Variant spelling of Blair, from a Scottish surname derived from Gaelic blàr, meaning plain or field. It is used as a given name in English-speaking countries.

How popular is Blaire?

2024212 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Blaire in 2024704

2024 rank#446 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18807,260

Blaire is rising: use over the last five years is 4.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Blaire

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Blairplain; field · Scottish Gaelic
  • Paisleychurch · Scottish Gaelic
  • ElsieGod is my oath · Scottish Gaelic
  • Lennoxelm grove · Scottish Gaelic
  • Mackenzieson of Coinneach · Scottish Gaelic
  • Bonniepretty; cheerful · Scottish Gaelic
  • Camryncrooked nose · Scottish Gaelic
  • Fionafair, white · Scottish Gaelic

Blaire questions

What does the name Blaire mean?

Blaire means "plain, field". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. Variant spelling of Blair, from a Scottish surname derived from Gaelic blàr, meaning plain or field. It is used as a given name in English-speaking countries.

Is Blaire a boy or girl name?

Blaire is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Blaire?

704 US babies were named Blaire in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Blaire?

Blaire is usually pronounced BLAIR.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.