Adair

  • Unisex
  • 5 letters
Celtic From the ford by the oak trees.
English Fortunate and powerful. From the Old English name Eadgar, a compound of 'ead' meaning rich or happy, and 'gar' meaning spear.
Gaelic From the oak tree ford.
Scottish From the oak tree ford. Uncertain origin. May be a variant of Edgar, or from the Gaelic for 'oak tree ford'. Used for many hundreds of years as both surname and first name.
Variant of Edgar
Famous bearer 10th-century king Edgar of England; American author Edgar Allen Poe.

Adair is a unisex name of Celtic, English, Gaelic and Scottish origin. Meaning in Celtic: From the ford by the oak trees. Meaning in English: Fortunate and powerful. From the Old English name Eadgar, a compound of ‘ead’ meaning rich or happy, and ‘gar’ meaning spear. Meaning in Gaelic: From the oak tree ford. Meaning in Scottish: From the oak tree ford. Uncertain origin. May be a variant of Edgar, or from the Gaelic for ‘oak tree ford’. Used for many hundreds of years as both surname and first name. Adair is a variant of Edgar. Famous bearer: 10th-century king Edgar of England; American author Edgar Allen Poe. The name has 5 letters.

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