Mair

Mair may refer to:

• in the German language and Yiddish language, deriving from Latin maior
• Mair is also a Welsh given name meaning Mary.

People with the surname Mair in German context

• Paulus Hector Mair (1517-1579), an Augsburg civil servant
• Michael Mair (* 1962), Italian race skier (South Tirol)
• Wolfgang Mair (* 1980), Austrian soccer player

People with the surname Mair in Anglo-Saxon context

• Adam Mair (* 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
• Charles Mair, a Canadian poet, son of Scottish immigrants
• Eddie Mair, a Scottish television and radio presenter
• Gilbert Mair (1799 – 1857), sailor and trader in New Zealand
• Norman Mair, Scottish rugby player and analyst
• Rafe Mair, a Canadian political commentator
• Sarah Mair (1846–1941), Scottish campaigner for women's suffrage and education
• Victor H. Mair, American Professor of Chinese Language and Literature
• Robert Mair, Master of Jesus College. Cambridge
• Mark Mair, Scottish politician and IT pioneer

Other uses:

• Mair, Egypt
• Mair Rajputs, a Punjab tribe
• MAIR Holdings, an airline holding company based in Minnesota, United States
• in Scotland. In pre-feudal times a mair was an official who attended a sheriff for arrestment or executions (see sheriff court). That post is thought to be the origin of the still-extant post of sheriff officer, which is one of the oldest in the Scottish legal system.

See also

• Jacob Le Maire, a Dutch mariner
• Mair-Minhas, see Minhas
• Mair Rajputs of Punjab

Related surnames

• Maier
• Mayer
• Mayr
• Meyer
• Meyr
• Meier
• Meir
• Mers (also known as the Maher, Mihir, Mair or Mehr)
• Medes

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