All around the world, Nair (Nair 
, ناير 
, 奈尔 
, and others...) is a widespread primarily girly, but very seldom male given name. The first name Nair is characteristic of Brazil, where it is quite a common feminine name, Cabo Verde, and Uruguay, where it is quite a rare feminine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Brazil, India, and Argentina. More prevalently, Nair is the last name as well as the forename.
Nair is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| Nair | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, India, Brazil |
| ناير | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq |
| 奈尔, 奈兒 | China |
| Наир | Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, United States |
| chettur nair Nair, Sir Chettur Sankaran (1857–1934), judge and politician in India (b. 1857) |
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vaikom chandrasekharan nair Indian writer, IN (b. 1920) |
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madavoor vasudevan nair Indian dancer, IN (b. 1929) |
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| kavalappara narayanan nair Indian dancer (b. 1881) |
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| dewan mohinder nath nair botanist (1908-1971) (b. 1908) |
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| vazhenkada kunchu nair Indian scholar, IN (b. 1908) |
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| pala narayanan nair Indian poet, IN (b. 1911) |
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| kambalath govindan nair Indian freedom fighter and poet, IN (b. 1914) |
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chandran nair MY (b. 1954) |
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| mali madhavan nair children's writer, IN (b. 1915) |
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| thikkurissy sukumaran nair Indian actor, IN (b. 1916) |
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| vettoor raman nair malayalam language writer, IN (b. 1919) |
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| kottarakkara sreedharan nair actor (1922-1986), IN (b. 1922) |
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| kallayil chandrasekharan nair IN (b. 1916) |
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| padmanabhan nair Kathakali exponenet (1927-2007), IN (b. 1927) |
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