Jair (name)

Jair or Jahir is a male given name. It is derived from Hebrew יָאִיר (Yair) meaning "he shines". It may refer to the following people:

Given name

 * Jair
 * Jair of Manasseh, biblical leader and homesteader
 * Jair Bala (1943–2022), Brazilian footballer and manager
 * Jair Baylón (born 1989), Peruvian footballer
 * Jair Benítez (born 1979), Colombian footballer
 * Jair Bernal (born 1968), Colombian road cyclist
 * Jair Bolsonaro (born 1955), 38th president of Brazil
 * Jair Braga (born 1954), Brazilian cyclist
 * Jair Córdova (born 1996), Peruvian footballer
 * Jair da Costa (born 1940), Brazilian footballer
 * Jair Céspedes (born 1984), Peruvian footballer
 * Jair Eduardo Britto da Silva (born 1988), Brazilian football player
 * Jair García (born 1978), Mexican footballer
 * Jair Gonçalves Prates (born 1953), Brazilian football player
 * Jair Iglesias (born 1981), Peruvian footballer
 * Jair Jurrjens (born 1986), Curaçaoan baseball pitcher
 * Jair Lynch (born 1971), American gymnast
 * Jair Marinho de Oliveira (born 1936), Brazilian footballer
 * Jair Marrufo (born 1977), American association football referee
 * Jair Nunes (born 1994), Santomean football player
 * Jair Oliveira (born 1975), Brazilian composer, singer and producer
 * Jair Pereira (born 1986), Portuguese-Mexican footballer
 * Jair Pereira (football manager) (born 1946), Brazilian football manager and former player
 * Jair Picerni (born 1944), Brazilian football manager and former player
 * Jair Rosa (born 1975), Uruguayan footballer
 * Jair da Rosa Pinto (1921–2005), Brazilian footballer
 * Jair Reinoso (born 1985), Colombian footballer
 * Jair Rodrigues (1939–2014), Brazilian musician and singer
 * Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells (born 1958), American improvisation bassist, composer and conceptualist
 * Jairzinho (born 1944), Jair Ventura Filho, Brazilian footballer
 * Jair (footballer, born 3 August 1994), Jair Tavares da Silva, Brazilian football midfielder
 * Jaïr
 * Jaïr Karam, French football player and manager

Surname

 * Shahidul Jahir (1953–2008), Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer