Blair
[blɛər]Meaning
from Scottish Gaelic blàr, meaning "plain, field, battlefield"
Background Story
Blair comes from a Scottish surname derived from the Gaelic blàr, meaning plain, field or battlefield, and from the many places in Scotland called Blair. The given name is unisex and comes from the surname; it is typically masculine in Scotland and Canada, and is also used as a feminine name in the United States, where the variant spellings Blaire and Blare appear. In the United States it became more common for girls in the early 1980s, after the character Blair Warner debuted on the sitcom The Facts of Life, and it was later revived by Blair Waldorf of Gossip Girl.
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