Jhair

Q: What does Jhair mean?

Jhair is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he shines”, Latin American spelling of Jair. In the Book of Judges, Jair was a judge of Israel with thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys.

Gender: Boy
Say it: hah-EER
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #8,906 for boys

Jhair is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he shines”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

What does Jhair mean?

Hebrew: Latin American spelling of Jair

“he shines”

In the Book of Judges, Jair was a judge of Israel with thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys.

Is Jhair a girl's or a boy's name?

Jhair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jhair in the US?

Rank in 2025: 8,906th among boys
Babies in 2025: 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Jhair, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.

Half of all the boys named Jhair in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 102 boys in the US were given Jhair or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,466, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.

Jahir 94
Jhair 8

1995Busiest: 14 in 20092025

Jhair in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	8	#8,906
2024	5	#12,341
2023	9	#8,250
2022	5	#12,322
2021	9	#8,161
2020	5	#12,016
2019	0	–
2018	0	–
2017	5	#12,241
2016	5	#12,180
2015	6	#10,638
2014	7	#9,636
2013	5	#12,129
2012	6	#10,763
2011	11	#7,002
2010	7	#9,686
2009	14	#6,091
2008	10	#7,693
2007	7	#9,782
2006	8	#8,726
2005	9	#7,633
2004	8	#8,137
2003	6	#9,574
2002	10	#6,515
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	6	#8,697
1998	0	–
1997	0	–
1996	0	–
1995	5	#8,861