Given name
Alair
“one who has a cheerful disposition”
Alair is used as a given name. One French interpretation is “one who has a cheerful disposition.”
Original FrenchAlaire
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one who has a cheerful disposition.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alair through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alair’s family of names
In French usage, Alair has a related form in Alaire. Alair has a related form in Alaire. Alair has a related form in Alaer.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Alair
- AlairBrazilian association football playerborn 1982
- Alair Cruz VicenteBrazilian professional footballerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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