Meaning and Origin of: Blair

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Gaelic : Plain

Girl name variations

Blaire
Blare
Blayr
Blayre

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Plain

Boy name variations

Blaire
Blare
Blayr
Blayre

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and northern Irish : habitational name from any of the numerous places in Scotland called Blair, named with Scottish Gaelic blàr (genitive blàir) ‘plain’, ‘field’, especially a battlefield (Irish blár).

Famous people with this last name

Tony Blair
Selma Blair