Zair
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 33 babies a year in the US.
Zair by the numbers
Zair was given to 33 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 35 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Zair
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 Zair. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zaingrace or beauty240 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Zaidhe increased, growth110 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahirblooming flower, brilliant, shining214 in the US (2017)
- Zamirsongbird or nightingale177 in the US (2017)
- Zakirone who remembers, one who mentions9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Zair
Names that are said the same way as Zair, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zayer5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Zair
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