| [ 1 syll. blai(r), bl-a-ir ] The girl name Blair is also used as a boy name, though it is more frequently a girl name. It is pronounced BLEHR KEY. Blair is of Scottish origin. It is used mainly in English and Scottish. Derived from the word blàr which has the meaning 'plain, field, battlefield'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name and the surname as a given name. See Blair for more info. Forms of Blair include the English names Blaire and Blayre. Blair is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1988 with 0.028% of baby girls being named Blair. It was #423 in rank then. The baby name has markedly slipped in popularity since then, and is used only on a very light scale today. Among all girl names in its family, Blair was nevertheless the most popular in 2007. Although Blair is today more frequently used for girls, there was a period prior to 1980 when more boys were given the name. After 1981, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. In 1995, 3 times more girls than boys were given the name Blair. Baby names that sound like Blair include the English names Blaire and Blayre. KEY: Pronunciation for Blair: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"
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