Jair

• Yahir

From Middle English Jair, Iair, from Old English Iāirus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρ (Iáïr), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”). Doublet of Yair and Jairus.

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Ja‧ir

Jair

1. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   2. (biblical) A judge of Israel.
      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 10:3:

        And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

• Jairus
• Yair

• jari

From Latin Iaīrus.

Jair m

1. Jair
   • Stjórn 195, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 403:

     Þar næst var domandi yfir Gyðingvm sa maðr er het Jair af Galaað .ii. ár oc .xx.

     And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. (KJV)

• Icelandic: Jaír
• Faroese: Jáir
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ja'ir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ja'ir
• Swedish: Jair
• Danish: Jair

From Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr).

Jair m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jair or Yair
   2. (biblical) Jair (judge of Israel)