The baby name Lear is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /lɪər/ (British) or /lɪr/ (American) — approx. "leer".
The baby name Lear is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /lɪər/ (British) or /lɪr/ (American) — approx. "leer".
Lear is Irish, Welsh in Origin.
Lear is an English given name and surname, pronounced LEER. As a forename, it traces to the legendary King Leir of Britain, source for Shakespeare’s King Lear. The underlying Celtic root is Brythonic Llŷr (Welsh) and its Goidelic counterpart Lir (Irish), both denoting “sea, ocean,” and borne by a mythic sea deity.
Its use as a personal name has been uncommon but persistent since the 18th–19th centuries, spurred by literary fame and by the transfer of the surname (famously carried by poet-artist Edward Lear). Today it reads as a sleek, gender-neutral choice. As a surname, Lear is chiefly English, recorded early in Devon and Cornwall, and likely reflects Celtic roots. Related forms and cognates include Leir, Llŷr/Llyr, and Lir; the meaning is typically rendered “the sea” or “belonging to the sea.”
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 0 | #52 | 1 | 2,706 | |
| JM | 0 | #93 | 1 | 3,714 | |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #123 | 15 | 1,769 |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #150 | 2 | 4,216 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2021 | #182 | 2 | 1,578 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #210 | 2 | 3,402 |
| PS | 0 | #224 | 3 | 5,692 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #254 | 3 | 7,111 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #262 | 2 | 7,056 |
| IL | 0 | #280 | 3 | 6,291 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #301 | 3 | 5,122 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #327 | 5 | 9,639 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #355 | 3 | 8,483 | |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #521 | 3 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #554 | 4 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #604 | 2 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #618 | 8 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #699 | 2 | 13,390 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #781 | 5 | 12,213 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2015 | #879 | 7 | 7,337 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #919 | 8 | 14,506 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #979 | 3 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,132 | 10 | 25,928 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,151 | 2 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,179 | 4 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,193 | 7 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,689 | 3 | 28,008 |
Lear is popular in 41 countries — most recent births per country:
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