Given name
Alaire
“filled with joy”
Alaire is used as a given name. One French interpretation is “filled with joy.”
Original FrenchHilary
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “filled with joy.”
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 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alaire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 0 boys · 46 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 8 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 163 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.
Alaire’s family of names
In French usage, Alaire has a related form in Hilary. In French usage, Alaire has a related form in Hilaire. Alaire has a related form in Alair.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hilaryvariant · French
- Hilairevariant · French
- Alairvariant · French
- Heliervariant · French
- Alayrevariant
- Alayrvariant
- Alarevariant
- Alaerevariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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