Haire

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hari in IN India, ID Indonesia, SE Sweden and 5 more, Charissa in BR Brazil, NL Netherlands, PH Philippines and 3 more, Haris in MY Malaysia, PK Pakistan, CH Switzerland and Charis in FI Finland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Haire is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname4.0K records spelled Haire9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Panama, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Haïre, Hairé

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Haire is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In enm, alternative form of her (“hair”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Irish, h-prothesized form of aire

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, hairshirt

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Robert Haireb. 1837(1837-1909) 1910 Obituary
• Norman Haireb. 1892AUSexologist, Birth Control Crusader (1892–1952)
• John Haire, Baron Haire of Whiteabbeyb. 1908GBBritish politician (1908-1966)
• James Haireb. 1946IEBritish and Australian minister and theologian
• Garry Haireb. 1963GBEnglish footballer (born 1963)
• Justin Haireb. 1980USAmerican college baseball coach
• Ryan Haireb. 1981IEIrish cricketer
• Bridget HaireAUresearcher
• Sandra HaireUSresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 28 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Haire?

We estimate roughly 198 thousand people bear Haire (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Haire have the most bearers?

Haire is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled hari.

Where is Haire most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Haire is densest in Finland — about 1 in 266 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Haire compared with other names?

In India, Haire is the 148th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

What does the name Haire mean?

Recorded meaning: Obsolete spelling of hair.