Blair (name)
Blair is a family name and male and female given name .
Origin and meaning
Blair is an originally local family name of Scottish origin, derived from various identical place names in Scotland. The place name itself is derived from Gaelic blár with the meaning “plain, flat land ; Field; Battlefield ”. From this family name, in turn, an identical male and female first name is derived, which is also often given as a middle name. The first name and surname are now common throughout the English-speaking world, but mostly outside of Europe.
Name bearer
family name
- Adam Blair (* 1986), New Zealand rugby league player
- Adrian Blair (born 1943), Australian boxer
- Andrew Blair (writer) (1849–1885), Scottish physician and writer
- Andrew George Blair (1844–1907), Canadian politician
- Andy Blair (1908–1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Archibald Blair (1771–1815), marine surveyor with the British East India Company
- Austin Blair (1818-1894), American politician
- Bernard Blair (1801–1880), American politician
- Betsy Blair (1923–2009), American actress
- Bill Blair († 2014), American baseball player and publisher
- Bonnie Blair (* 1964), American speed skater
- Bre Blair (born 1980), Canadian actress
- Cherie Blair (* 1954), English lawyer
- Chris Blair (* 1978), New Zealand badminton player
- Claude Blair (1922-2010), British historian
- Clay Blair (1925–1998), American historian and non-fiction author
- Clyde Blair (1881-1953), American sprinter
- Danny Blair (1906–1976), Scottish football player
- DeJuan Blair (* 1989), American basketball player
- Dennis C. Blair (born 1947), American admiral
- Dennis H. Blair (born 1954), American baseball player
- Eliza Blair (* 1976), Australian rower
- Eric Blair , maiden name of George Orwell (1903–1950)
- Francis Preston Blair (1791–1876), American journalist and politician
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875) American general
- Frederick H. Blair (1874–1939), Canadian organist, choir conductor, pianist and music teacher
- Gwenda Blair (* 1943), American journalist, university lecturer and non-fiction author
- Henry W. Blair (1834–1920), American politician
- Hugh Blair (1718–1800), Scottish clergyman, writer and rhetorician
- Ian Blair, Baron Blair of Boughton (born 1953), British police officer and life peer
- Jacob B. Blair (1821–1901), American politician
- James Blair (politician) (~ 1790–1834), American politician (South Carolina)
- James Blair (rower) (1909-1992), American rower
- James Blair (photographer) , American photographer
- James G. Blair (1825–1904), American politician
- James T. Blair (1902–1962), American politician
- Janet Blair (1921–2007), American actress
- Jim Blair (soccer player) (1947-2011), Scottish soccer player
- Jim Blair (producer) , American musical producer
- John Blair Junior (1732–1800), American lawyer and politician
- John Blair (politician) (1790–1863), American politician, Tennessee
- John Blair (soccer player, 1881) (1881-1934) Irish soccer player
- John Blair (soccer player, 1898) (1898–1974), English soccer player
- John Blair (soccer player, 1905) (1905–1972), Scottish soccer player
- John Blair (musician) (1943–2006), American jazz violinist and singer
- Joyce Blair (1932-2006), British actress
- Kelly Blair (* 1970), American heptathlete
- Kenneth Gloyne Blair (1882-1952), English entomologist
- Kitty Blair (* 1985), German porn actress
- Lee Blair (1903–1966), American jazz guitarist and banjo player
- Lee Blair (painter) (1911–1993) American painter
- Leonard Paul Blair (* 1949), Bishop of Toledo
- Linda Blair (born 1959), American actress
- Macon Blair , American actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- Mary Blair (1911–1978), American artist
- Matt Blair (born 1950), American football player
- Mike Blair (born 1981), Scottish rugby player
- Montgomery Blair (1813-1883), American politician
- Patricia Blair (1933-2013), American actress
- Patrick Blair († 1728), Scottish doctor and botanist
- Paul Blair (1942–2011), American journalist, radio presenter and publisher
- Paul Blair (baseball player) (1944-2013), American baseball player
- Peter Blair (1932-1994), American wrestler
- Phoebe Blair-White (1894-1991), Irish tennis player
- Ralph Blair (* 1939), American author and psychotherapist
- Robert Blair (Poet) (1699–1746), Scottish poet
- Robert Blair (astronomer) (1748–1828), Scottish astronomer
- Robert Blair (Badminton) (born 1981), British badminton player
- Robert James Blair (* 1981), British badminton player
- Sallie Blair (1934-1992), American singer
- Samuel Blair (1935-2010) Irish badminton player
- Samuel Steel Blair (1821–1890), American politician
- Selma Blair (born 1972), American actress
- Terry Blair (born 1961), American serial killer
- Tony Blair (* 1953), British politician and Prime Minister (1997-2007)
- Wayne Blair (* 1971), Australian film director and producer
- William Blair-Bell (1871-1936), British gynecologist and obstetrician
- William McCormick Blair Jr. († 2015), American diplomat
- Wren Blair (1925-2013), Canadian ice hockey coach and official
- Yasmine Blair (* 1983), Austrian-American presenter
- Zach Blair (* 1974), American lead guitarist and backing singer for the band Rise Against
Male first name
- Blair Cameron Bann (* 1988), Canadian volleyball player
- Blair Chapman (born 1956), Canadian ice hockey player
- Blair Jones (* 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
- Blair Lee III. (1916–1985), American politician
- Edmund Blair Leighton (1853-1922), British painter
- Charles Blair Macdonald (1855–1939), American golfer and golf architect
- Blair Moody (1902–1954), American politician
- Blair Redford (born 1983), American actor
- John Blair Smith Todd (1814–1872), American politician
- Blair Underwood (born 1964), American actor
- Blair Walsh (born 1990), American football player
Female first name
- Blair Brown (born 1946), American actress
- Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961-2003), American astronaut
- Heidi Blair Pratt (* 1986), American reality TV actress