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Blair

Boy / Girl name · 4,420 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Blair: 4,420 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to both boys and girls, peaking at 151 births in 1992.

A Scots surname turned given name, Blair comes from the Gaelic *blàr*, meaning "plain" or "field"—and sometimes "battlefield," lending it a quietly sturdy feel. The name gained modern prominence through Tony Blair, who served as UK Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007, and has a place in popular culture via Blair Waldorf, the sharp-witted protagonist of *Gossip Girl*. Scotland's own Blair Castle in Perthshire shares the same Gaelic root, while towns such as Blairgowrie and Blair Atholl take their names from the landscape. Today, Blair works confidently for any gender, though it has become notably more popular for girls in recent decades, a unisex shift seen with many spirited surname-names.