Jair (name)
Jair or Jahir is a male given name. It is derived from Hebrew יָאִיר (Yair) meaning "he shines".[1] It may refer to the following people:
People
[edit]Given name
[edit]- Jair
- Jair of Manasseh, biblical leader and homesteader
- Jair Bala (1943–2022), Brazilian footballer and manager
- Jair Baylón (born 1989), Peruvian footballer
- Jair Benítez (born 1979), Colombian footballer
- Jair Bernal (born 1968), Colombian road cyclist
- Jair Bolsonaro (born 1955), 38th president of Brazil
- Jair Braga (born 1954), Brazilian cyclist
- Jair Córdova (born 1996), Peruvian footballer
- Jair da Costa (born 1940), Brazilian footballer
- Jair Céspedes (born 1984), Peruvian footballer
- Jair Eduardo Britto da Silva (born 1988), Brazilian football player
- Jair García (born 1978), Mexican footballer
- Jair Gonçalves Prates (born 1953), Brazilian football player
- Jair Iglesias (born 1981), Peruvian footballer
- Jair Jurrjens (born 1986), Curaçaoan baseball pitcher
- Jair Lynch (born 1971), American gymnast
- Jair Marinho de Oliveira (born 1936), Brazilian footballer
- Jair Marrufo (born 1977), American association football referee
- Jair Nunes (born 1994), Santomean football player
- Jair Oliveira (born 1975), Brazilian composer, singer and producer
- Jair Pereira (born 1986), Portuguese-Mexican footballer
- Jair Pereira (football manager) (born 1946), Brazilian football manager and former player
- Jair Picerni (born 1944), Brazilian football manager and former player
- Jair Rosa (born 1975), Uruguayan footballer
- Jair da Rosa Pinto (1921–2005), Brazilian footballer
- Jair Reinoso (born 1985), Colombian footballer
- Jair Rodrigues (1939–2014), Brazilian musician and singer
- Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells (born 1958), American improvisation bassist, composer and conceptualist
- Jairzinho (born 1944), Jair Ventura Filho, Brazilian footballer
- Jair (footballer, born 3 August 1994), Jair Tavares da Silva, Brazilian football midfielder
- Jaïr
- Jaïr Karam, French football player and manager
Surname
[edit]- Shahidul Jahir (1953–2008), Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer
See also
[edit]- Jahir, given name and surname
- Yair (name), Jewish variety
- All pages with titles containing Jair
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