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Jairo

Jairo: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“he shines”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
HY-roh · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Spanish and Portuguese form of Jair, from Hebrew Ya'ir. In the Bible, Jair is a masculine name meaning 'he shines' or 'he enlightens.'

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How popular is Jairo?

202474.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Jairo in 2024246

2024 rank#934 boys

Peak year2008

Total US babies since 188011,229

Jairo has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Jairo

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Yahirhe enlightens · Hebrew
  • Jairhe shines · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew

Jairo questions

What does the name Jairo mean?

Jairo means "he shines". It comes from Hebrew. Spanish and Portuguese form of Jair, from Hebrew Ya'ir. In the Bible, Jair is a masculine name meaning 'he shines' or 'he enlightens.'

Is Jairo a boy or girl name?

Jairo is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jairo?

246 US babies were named Jairo in 2024. Its peak year was 2008.

How do you pronounce Jairo?

Jairo is usually pronounced HY-roh.

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.