Hair

See also: hair

English

Etymology

• As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from ó héir (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”), similar to Hare, O'Hare, Haire.
• As an English surname, from the noun hair.
• As a Scottish surname, variant of Ayre, Ayer.
• As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Haar, from haar (“sandy ridge”) (from Proto-Germanic *harugaz) and from the adjective Haar (“hair”).

Proper noun

Hair (plural Hairs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hair is the 4539^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7814 individuals. Hair is most common among White (79.14%) and Black/African American (12.98%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Riha, Ihar, Ahir, riah, Hira, Hari, HRIA