Around the globe, Weir (威尔 
, Weir 
, 韦尔 ) is a rare principally male, but very infrequently female given name. The first name Weir is characteristic of China, where it is a very rare predominantly male, but very infrequently girly name, and the United States. Much more frequently, Weir is the last name as well as the forename.
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| 韦尔, 威尔 | China |
| Weir | United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand |
| Вир | Kazakhstan, Russia |
Weir is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Will Turner , the fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; Will Schuester , the fictional character from the television series Glee; Will Smith , the fictionalized version of Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Will Bailey , the character in The West Wing and Will Byers , the fictional character from Netflix series Stranger Things, and in many other works.
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harrison weir British artist (1824-1906), GB (b. 1824) |
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| allen weir American author and politician, US (b. 1854) |
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| archibald henry weir Archibald Henry Weir (1881-1949) 1951 Obituary [1] "ARCHIBALD HENRY WEIR, who was born in 1881, received his practical training at the Turnbri... (b. 1881) |
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| findlay weir Scottish footballer (1889-1918), GB (b. 1889) |
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| mowbray weir Australian rules footballer (b. 1908) |
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| roy weir American baseball player (1911-1989), US (b. 1911) |
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| annis glendon weir U.S. military veteran (b. 1921) |
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| carden fraser weir (1927-1997) (b. 1927) |
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| roy deans weir b.23 February 1927 d.6 September 2014 (b. 1927) |
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bevan s. weir New Zealand taxonomist and plant pathologist, NZ (b. 1980) |
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| hastie weir British association football player (1930-1999), GB (b. 1930) |
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duncan weir Scottish rugby union player, GB (b. 1991) |
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| sir william weir, 2nd bt. Peerage person ID=34158 |
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| graham j. weir mathematician in New Zealand |
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| dougal weir college basketball player (2014–2016) Hartford |
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