Blaire

Blaire comes from the Scottish Gaelic blár, meaning a plain or a battlefield, the flat open country between the hills. It started as a surname tied to several Scottish clans and then worked its way forward as a given name, first masculine, now overwhelmingly feminine in the U.S. The extra e in this spelling tips the name a little more elegant and a little more French-looking, though the pronunciation is the same. At rank 446, Blaire travels with the preppy, monosyllabic girls' names, Reese, Claire, Hayes, that have quietly taken over the nursery. One clean sound, windswept and cool, with just enough edge.