Given name & surname

Nair

Nair is a surname from Malayalam.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Nair comes from Malayalam.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Malayalam നായർ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Nair’s family of names

In English usage, Nair as a surname has a related form in NAYYAR. In English usage, Nair as a surname has a related form in NAIRE. In English usage, Nair as a surname has a related form in NAYAR.

Walk Nair’s family in the name graph

NairΝαΐρNayarNaireNayyarNayreനായർ

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 4

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 Nair

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