Adair - Meaning of Adair

What does Adair mean?

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[ 2 syll. a-dai(r), ad-a-ir ] The baby girl name Adair is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced as aa-DEHR- †. Adair's language of origin is Scottish and Old Greek. It is predominantly used in English and Scottish. From Scottish roots, its meaning is 'wealthy spear, owner of many spears'. It represents the transferred use of the surname as a given name. See Adair for more information.

Adair is a form of the Arabic and Greek Adara.

Adair has 13 forms. Forms of the name include Adaira, Adaire, Adairia, Adare, Adayr, Adayre, Athdair, Athdaira, Athdaire, Athdairia, Athdara, Athdare, and Athdaria.

See also the related categories, spear (warrior), english, and greek.

Adair is an uncommon baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Adair include Adaire, Adar, Adare, Adhra, Adra, Adri, Adrie, Athar, Athdair, Athdaire, Athdare, Audra, Audray, Audree, Audrey, Audri, Audry, Audrye, Eider, and Uttarai.

† Pronunciation for Adair: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"