Fun Facts About the Name Yairi
- 41 babies named Yairi: U.S. records list 41 babies given the name Yairi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Yairi Mean?
Yairi is a given name whose meaning is not securely established. Its clearest linguistic connection is to the Hebrew name Yair (יָאִיר; Jair in English), which is commonly explained as "he will shine" or "he will illuminate," from a root associated with light. The Hebrew ending -i can mean "of" or "belonging to," so Yairi can be analyzed as "of Yair" or "Yair's." That is a grammatical relationship, not proof that Yairi has long been used as a separate given name. A Japanese surname Yairi also exists, written 矢入; its kanji literally include "arrow" (矢) and "enter" (入), but Japanese surname origins are usually family or place-based, and that surname is not evidence for the given name's meaning. No single meaning can be assigned with confidence.
Yairi Name History & Origins
Yair (יָאִיר) is an ancient Hebrew name. In the Hebrew Bible it belongs to a judge from Gilead and to other figures, and the English form Jair comes through the Greek and Latin Bible. The related gentilic Yairi (יָאִירִי), meaning "Yairite," appears in 2 Samuel 20:26 for Ira the Jairite; this is a biblical family designation, not evidence of a continuous given-name tradition. As a personal given name, Yairi is not well documented. It may be understood as a variant or relational form of Yair, but that is a linguistic connection rather than a recorded line of descent. The Japanese surname Yairi, written 矢入 and borne by the luthier Kazuo Yairi, has its own Japanese origin and should not be treated as the source of the given name.
How Popular is the Name Yairi?
Yairi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2004. Its best rank was #9,249 in 2004.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #19,941 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #9,249 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #15,710 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #11,080 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #10,994 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Yairi Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual. You hate bondage in any form. You have love of beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You are willing to take spiritual matters on faith instead of subjecting them to mental analysis. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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