Given name
Jairo
“God enlightens”
Jairo is a variant of Jairus. One Hebrew interpretation is “God enlightens.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jairo is a variant of Jairus. One Hebrew interpretation is “God enlightens.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jairo is a variant of Jairus. An origin associated with Jairus is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (ya'ir), from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος, from Latin Iairus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jairo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,483
- 11,483 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 473 babies
- 2025
- 251
- #935 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 251 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 935 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 473 in 2008. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (45). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 18,460 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.
Jairo’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Jairo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jair. Jairo has a related form in Jairus. In Spanish usage, Jairo has a related form in יאיר.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jairo
- Jairo SamperioSpanish footballerborn 1993
- Jairo RodriguesBrazilian association football playerborn 1992
- Jairo MorillasSpanish association football playerborn 1993
- JairoBrazilian association football playerborn 1992
- Jairo AriasColombian footballer (1938–2023)
- JairoBrazilian association football playerborn 1986
- Jairo CastilloColombian footballerborn 1977
- JairoBrazilian association football playerborn 1991
- Jairo ArreolaGuatemalan footballerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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