Syair

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Syair by the numbers

Syair was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Syair

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Syair. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Syaire31 in the US (2017)
  • Symir16 in the US (2017)
  • Sair6 in the US (2017)
  • Saair5 in the US (2017)
  • Syir5 in the US (2017)
  • Samircompanion in evening conversation333 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Syair

Names that are said the same way as Syair, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Siar27 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Syire9 in the US (2017)
  • Cyaire6 in the US (2017)
  • Sier5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Syair

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