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Jairus - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jairus

[ syll. jai-rus, ja-ir-us ] The boy name Jairus is pronounced as JHEHAYRahS KEY. Jairus is used predominantly in English and its origin is Hebrew. Jairus is a variant of the name Jair (English).

Jairus is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. Within the group of boy names directly related to Jairus, Jair (English) was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Jairus include Georgi (English, Russian, and Slavic), Georgio (Italian), Georgios (Greek), Giorgio (Italian), Jairaj (Indian), Jeorg (German), Jerzy (Polish), Joris (Dutch and German), Juraj (Slavic), Juraz (Czech), Jurek (Polish), Jurgi (Russian), Jurgis (Lithuanian), Jurik (Czech), Djordje (Slavic), Georges (French), Georgie (English), Georgius (Dutch), Georgiy (Russian), and Georgy (English).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Jairus: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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