Adair (name)
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| Adair | |
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| Family name | |
| Meaning | "happy spear" |
| Region of origin | England, Scotland, Ulster |
| Language of origin | [[Old English language|Old English]] |
| Related names | Edgar, Agar, Eager |
| Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons[1] | |
Adair is a surname derived from the Old English personal name Eadgar (Edgar).
In Ireland the surname is almost exclusive to Ulster and particularly to counties Antrim and Down. Here they are of Scottish origin where the surname is most common in Galloway. Many of the Galloway Adairs settled in Ulster during and after the Plantation. A few of the name in Ireland may be of the family name Ó Dáire.[2]
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[edit] People
[edit] Family name
Adair is a family name of Irish and Scottish origin.
- Al "Boomer" Adair -- (1929 - 1996) Canadian baseball player, radio broadcaster, author, politician
- Allan Henry Shafto Adair -- (1897-1988) British army officer, 6th Baronet
- Beegie Adair -- (born 1936) jazz pianist
- Bill Adair -- (1913 - 2002) baseball player/manager
- Bonnie Adair -- American swimmer/coach
- Charles Adair (footballer) -- American soccer player/coach
- Charles Wallace Adair -- (1914 - 2006) U.S. ambassador
- Cherry Adair -- American author
- Cornelia Adair -- (1837 - 1921) matriarch of Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal, Ireland
- Daisy Adair -- fictional TV character
- Daniel Adair -- (born 1975) Canadian drummer
- Deborah Adair -- (born 1952) American actress
- Donald Adair -- (born 1960) American figure skater
- Doug Adair -- (born 1929) U.S. TV news anchor and journalist
- Douglass Adair -- (1912 - 1968) American historian
- E. Ross Adair -- (1907 - 1983) U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Forrest Adair -- (1865 - 1936) real estate developer
- George Adair -- (1823 - 1899) real estate developer
- Gilbert Adair -- (born 1944) author and journalist
- Gilbert Smithson Adair -- (1896 - 1979) British scientist
- J. Leroy Adair -- (1887 - 1956) U.S. Representative from Illinois
- James Makittrick Adair -- (1728 - 1802) Scottish army officer, doctor
- James Adair (historian) -- (1709 - 1783) explorer and author
- James Adair (serjeant) -- (died 1798) Irish soldier, politician
- Janet Adair -- (1901 - 2005) American actress
- Jean Adair -- (1873 - 1953) actress
- Jerry Adair -- (1936 - 1987) professional baseball player
- Jimmy Adair -- (1907 - 1982) American baseball player, manager and coach
- John Adair -- (1757 - 1840) American soldier, politician (Kentucky)
- John Adair (anthropologist) -- (1913 - 1997) Professor of Anthropology
- John Adair (author) -- (born 1934) UK leadership expert
- John Adair (surveyor) -- (c. 1655 - 1722) Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
- John A. M. Adair -- (1864 - 1938) U.S. Representative from Indiana
- John George Adair -- (1823 - 1885) Scots-Irish businessman and landowner
- Johnny Adair -- (born 1963) Ex Loyalist Paramilitary
- Joseph Adair -- (1877 - 1960) Canadian politician
- Nancy Adair -- documentary producer
- Neil Adair -- Green Party web designer
- Patrick Adair, (1624-1694), minister
- Peter Adair -- (1943 - 1996) film-maker and artist
- Rachel Adair -- fictional character on General Hospital
- Red Adair -- (1915 - 2004) oil field fire-fighter
- Rhona Adair -- (1878 - 1961) British golf champion
- Rick Adair -- (b. 1958) American baseball player, coach
- Robert Adair (cricketer) -- (1876 - 1951) Irish cricketer
- Robert Adair (physicist) -- Physics professor
- Sir Robert Adair -- (1763 - 1855) English diplomat
- Tatum Adair -- American actress
- Tom Adair -- (1913 - 1988) American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter
- Trevor Adair -- Soccer coach
- Virginia Hamilton Adair -- (1913 - 2004) American poet
- Catherine Steiner-Adair -- Psychologist and author
[edit] Given name
Adair can also be a unisex first name.
- Adair Blain -- (1894 - 1983) Australian politician
- Adair Crawford -- (1748 - 1795) Scots-Irish chemist
- Adair Tishler -- (born 1996) American child actress
- Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell -- (born 1955) British businessman
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ British Surnames
- ^ Bell, Robert (1990) [1988] (Paperback). The Book of Ulster Surnames. Belfast: The Blackstaff Press Limited. ISBN 0-85640-405-5.
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