Blair

B3L1A1I1R1
US/bleɹ/UK/blɛə/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginScottish Gaelic blàr →
CommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

proper nounBlair (countable and uncountable, plural Blairs)

plural Blairs · alternative Blaire · alternative Blayre

  1. countableA surname.

    Port Blair was named after Captain Archibald Blair, a British colonial navy official of the East India Company.

    2024 September 13, “Port Blair renamed Sri Vijaya Puram 'to free nation from colonial imprints'”, in India Today, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024
  2. A unisex given name.
    1. countableuncountableA male given name.
    2. countableuncountableA female given name.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA township in Clay County, Illinois.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas.
    3. countableuncountableA township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
    4. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Washington County, Nebraska, United States.
    5. countableuncountableA ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
    6. countableuncountableA town in Jackson County, Oklahoma.
    7. countableuncountableA township in Blair County, Pennsylvania.
    8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Roane County, Tennessee.
    9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
    11. countableuncountableA city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
    12. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Blair County.
  4. countableuncountableA village in the city of Cambridge, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicblàr“field, plain”
  2. EnglishBlair

From Scottish Gaelic blàr (“field, plain”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Blair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blair

MLA

“Blair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blair. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blair,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blair.

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