Adaire as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Adaire

What is the meaning of the name Adaire ?

The baby name Adaire is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /əˈdɛər/ (uh-DAYR).

Adaire is Irish in Origin.

Adaire is a modern given-name spelling of the Scottish–Irish surname Adair. Etymologists trace Adair to two sources: the Gaelic patronymic Ó Dáire (“descendant of Dáire”), where Dáire denotes “fertile, fruitful” and is associated with dair, “oak”; and a medieval Scots form of the Old English personal name Edgar (ēad “wealth, prosperity” + gār “spear”). Through these routes, Adaire carries resonances of fruitfulness and oak-strength alongside the idea of a “prosperous spear.”

As a first name, Adair/Adaire appears in the 19th-century Anglophone surname-to-given-name trend, with wider unisex use from the late 20th century in the UK, Ireland, and North America. Adaire, with its final e, is favored as a stylistic, often feminine, variant. Related forms and spellings include Adair (standard), Adare (Irish toponymic), Daire/Dara (the Gaelic cognate), and the embellished Adaira. Usage today skews rare but fashionable and gender-flexible.