Gair
surname · Latin script
Meaning: habitational name from places so named in Dumfries and Galloway, Strathclyde, and the Border regions
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gair is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
habitational name from places so named in Dumfries and Galloway, Strathclyde, and the Border regions.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gair is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sco, a strip of grass on a hillside, especially bright green and fertile grass
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gv, eclipsed form of cair
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Irish, to call
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Welsh, word
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robert Gairb. 1839GBinventor
- Vince Gairb. 1901AUAustralian politician; Premier of Queensland (1901–1980)
- Gordon Gairb. 1916CAlacrosse player (1916-2009)
- Harry Gairb. 1925NZNew Zealand geologist (1925–2017)
- George Gairb. 1926NZNew Zealand politician (1926-2015)
- James Gairb. 1927American linguist (1927–2016)
- Anthony H. Gairb. 1948USAmerican lawyer
- Christopher Gairb. 19611961-
- Angela Gairb. 1970USAmerican actress and director
- Erika-Shaye Gairb. 1998CAactor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 531 | #39,052 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 499 | #46,089 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 494 | #43,651 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 59 | #93,298 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 22 | #5,568 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 15 | #93,047 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 5 | #101,952 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gair mean, and where does it come from?
- habitational name from places so named in Dumfries and Galloway, Strathclyde, and the Border regions. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Gair have the most bearers?
- Gair is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gair”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.