Mair

See also: mair and maïr

English

Alternative forms

• Mairs

Etymology

• As a Scottish surname, variant of Marr.
• Also as a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic maor (“officer”). Compare Maver, Mayer.
• As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.

Proper noun

Mair

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• Amir, Irma, Mari, Mira, RAIM, RIMA, amir, raim, rami, rima

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mai̯r/

Proper noun

Mair

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Derived terms

• adar Mair (“unidentified kind of birds”)
• afal Mair (“an unidentified kind of apple”)
• allwyddau Mair (“ash keys, ash sarmaras”)
• bendith Mair (“a kind of cooking apple”)
• berwr Mair (“an unidentified kind of watercress”)
• briallu Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
• briallu Mair di-sawr (“oxslips, Primula veris”)
• briallu Mair sawrus (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
• brithyll Mair (“five-bearded rockling, Ciliata mustela (syn. Motella mustela)”)
• bysedd Mair (“honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum”)
• Cân Mair Forwyn (“the Magnificat”)
• Cân y Forwyn Fair (“the Magnificat”)
• cannwyll Fair (“corpse-candle; marigold, Marybud, Calendula officinalis”)
• celyn Mair (“butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus”)
• chwys Mair (“bulbous buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus”)
• cimwch Mair (“sea crayfish, Palinuridae spp.”)
• claes Mair (“wild clary, Salvia verbenaca”)
• clustog Fair (“thrift, Armeria maritima”)
• colomen Mair (“turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur”)
• crogen Fair (“cowrie”)
• cribau Mair (“milk thistle, Mary thistle Silybum marianum”)
• cyfarchiad Mair (“the Annunciation”)
• dagrau Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
• diliau Mair (“honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum”)
• dygwyl Fair y Canhwyllau (“Candlemas”)
• dygwyl Fair gyhydedd (“Annunciation of Mary”)
• dygwyl Fair gyntaf (“Assumption of Mary”)
• dygwyl Fair ddiwethaf (“Nativity of Mary”)
• dygwyl Fair Magdalen (“Mary Magdalen's day”)
• dygwyl Fair pan gad (“Conception of Mary”)
• eirin Mair (“gooseberries”)
• erfin Mair (“black bryony, Tamus communis”)
• esgid Fair (“lady’s slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus)”)
• euron Mair (“marigold (Calendula officinalis)”)
• ewin Fair (“seashell worn as amulet”)
• y Forwyn Fair (“the Virgin Mary”)
• ffiled Fair (“galingale (Cyperus longus)”)
• garlleg Mair (“wild garlic”)
• Gofwy Mair (“Visitation of Mary”)
• gold Mair (“marigold (Calendula officinalis)”)
• Grawys Mair (“Marymass”)
• gwallt Mair (“maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris); maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)”)
• gwirod Mair (“merry-making held on a festival Mary”)
• gwlydd Mair (“scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis); burnet-saxifrage, (Pimpinella saxifraga)”)
• gwniadur Mair (“foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)”)
• gwrachan Fair (“yellow wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)”)
• gŵyl Fair (“Conception of Mary; Visitation of Mary”)
• gŵyl Fair gyntaf
• gŵyl Fair dechrau’r gwanwyn (“Candlemas”)
• gŵyl Fair ddiwethaf (“Nativity of Mary”)
• gŵyl Fair hanner y gwanwyn
• gŵyl Fair pan aned (“Nativity of Mary”)
• gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau (“Candlemas”)
• gŵyl Fair y Cydhydedd (“Annunciation of Mary”)
• gŵyl Fair y Gwirodau (“a festival of the Virgin Mary at which much drink was consumed”)
• gŵyl Fair ym Medi (“Nativity of Mary”)
• gŵyl Fair yn y gaeaf (“Conception of Mary”)
• gŵyl Fair yn yr haf (“Visitation of Mary”)
• gŵyl Fair Fadlen (“Mary Magdalen's day”)
• henffych Fair (“hail Mary”)
• Mair Fadlen (“Mary Magdalen”)
• Mair Magdalen (“Mary Magdalen”)
• Mair Forwyn (“the Virgin Mary”)
• Mair Wyry (“the Virgin Mary”)
• helyg Mair (“bog-myrtle, Myrica gale”)
• llaeth bron Mair (“lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis”)
• llaswyr Fair (“the rosary”)
• llathen Fair (“three stars forming Orion's Belt”)
• llaw Fair (“the hand of Mary”)
• lleden Fair (“lemon sole, Microstomus kitt”)
• llopan Fair (“lady’s slipper orchid, Cypripedium calceolus”)
• llysiau bronnau Mair (“lesser celandine, Ficaria verna (syn. Ranunculus ficaria); lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis”)
• llysiau Mair (“marigold, Calendula officinalis; bugle, Ajuga reptans”)
• llysiau Mair Fadlen (“costmary, Tanacetum balsamita (syn. Chrysanthemum balsamita); sweet maudlin, Achillea ageratum; wild carrot, Daucus carota”)
• Mab Mair (“the Son of Mary, Jesus Christ”)
• maip Mair (“white bryony, Bryonia dioica”)
• menyg Mair (“foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea; mullein, Verbascum”)
• mantell Fair (“lady’s mantle, Alchemilla vulgaris; ground-ivy, Glechoma hederacea”)
• mantell Fair fynyddig (“alpine lady’s mantle, Alchemilla alpina”)
• meddyg Mair (“ploughman’s spikenard, Inula conyza”)
• melyn Mair (“marigold, Calendula officinalis”)
• melynog Mair (“Golden Pippin”)
• mieri Mair (“sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria)”)
• mintys Mair (“clary, Salvia sclarea; spearmint, Mentha spicata; costmary, Tanacetum balsamita (syn. Chrysanthemum balsamita)”)
• mwyar Mair (“mulberries, Morus; dewberries, Rubus caesius”)
• noswyl Fair y Canhwyllau (“Candlemas Eve”)
• paderau Mair (“crosswort, Cruciata laevipes”)
• pennog Mair (“pilchard (Sardina pilchardus)”)
• priellau Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
• pumbys Mair (“globeflower, Trollius europaeus”)
• pum gŵyl Mair (“the five festivals of Mary”)
• rhedyn Mair (“lady ferns; male ferns; mountain ferns; lemon-scented ferns; polypody; sweet cicely”)
• rhos Mair (“rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis); dog roses, Rosa canina”)
• rhosyn Mair (“rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis); Damask rose, Rosa × damascena”)
• sallwyr Fair (“the rosary”)
• sêl Mair (“black bryony (Tamus communis)”)
• tafol Mair (“patience dock (Rumex patientia); bloody dock (Rumex sanguineus); clustered dock, Rumex conglomeratus; common sorrel (Rumex acetosa); bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta)”)
• tapr Mair (“great mullein (Verbascum thapsus)”)
• ysgall Mair (“milk thistles (Silybum marianum”)
• ysgaw Mair (“danewort (Sambucus ebulus)”)
• ysgol Fair (“Saint John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)”)
• ysnoden Fair (“galingale (Cyperus longus)”)
• y Tair Mair (“the Three Maries”)
• y Wyryf Fair (“the Virgin Mary”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Mair	Fair	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Mair”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies