Yair as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Yair

What is the meaning of the name Yair ?

The baby name Yair is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced yah-EER.

Yair is Hebrew in Origin.

Yair is a Hebrew masculine name, written יָאִיר in Biblical Hebrew and usually vocalized Yāʾīr. It belongs to the root אור, ʾ-w-r, concerned with light and shining. Grammatically it is a third-person masculine singular imperfect form, so its literal sense is he will give light or he will shine, with the initial y- marking the verbal subject.

In the Hebrew Bible, Yair names the Manassite who held towns in Gilead and a judge of Israel in Judges 10. English Bibles traditionally use Jair, shaped by Greek and Latin transmission, while modern Hebrew favors Yair or Ya’ir. The name is most at home in Israel and Jewish communities; recent American use is modest, with visibility from figures such as Yair Lapid and Yair Rodríguez.