Adair

Adair is a surname derived from the Old English personal name Eadgar (Edgar). In Ireland the surname is almost exclusive to Ulster and particularly to counties Antrim and Down. Here they are of Scottish origin where the surname is most common in Galloway. Many of the Galloway Adairs settled in Ulster during and after the Plantation. A few of the name in Ireland may be of the family name Ó Dáire.
There is another theory that "In about 1380, Robert Fitzgerald owned lands around Adare in Ireland. There he fought a family duel with Gerald, the white knight, a distant cousin. Although Robert Fitzgerald's father was the Earl of Desmond, the Fitzgeralds did not see Robert as a nobleman. It was unacceptable for him to kill a knight. A powerful group was against Robert. Robert became a fugitive, relocating to Wigtownshire in south western Scotland. To cover his tracks, Robert took as his surname 'Adare' after the town near his lands back in Ireland. Upon arriving in Scotland, Robert learned that the King of Scotland had placed a bounty on the head of a man named 'Currie'. Currie was outlawed as a thief and pirate. The King promised Currie's castle, deemed nearly impregnable, to whoever would bring him the head of Currie. Robert Adare watched over Dunskey castle for several days until Currie came out one evening. Robert followed Currie, and engaged the pirate in mortal combat, slewing him at the head of Colfin Glen. Robert took Currie's severed head to the court of Scotland," which explains the Adair crest of a severed head.

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Happy spear or ford at the oaks. Fortunate and powerful.

Daire, Agar, Edgar

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Red Adair	1915	Firefighter
2	Johnny Adair	1963	Ulster loyalist
3	Daniel Adair	1975	Canadian drummer
4	Adair Tishler	1996	American actress
5	Beegie Adair	1937	American pianist
6	Deborah Adair	1952	Television actress
7	Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell	1955	British businessman
8	Alex Adair	2000	British DJ, producer and remixer
9	Gilbert Adair	1944	Scottish novelist and journalist
10	Jean Adair	1873	Actress
11	George Adair	1823	Real-estate developer
12	William Penn Adair	1830	Cherokee leader and Confederate colonel
13	Hazel Adair	1920	Writer of television, radio, novels and comics
14	Tom Adair	1913	Songwriter, composer, and screenwriter
15	John George Adair	1823	Businessman and landowner
16	Peter Adair	1943	American filmmaker and artist
17	Sandra Adair	1952	American film editor
18	Jerry Adair	1936	Baseball player
19	Sir Allan Adair, 6th Baronet	1897	British general
20	Doug Adair	1929	News anchor, journalist
21	Cornelia Adair	1837	Historical preservationist
22	Rick Adair	1958	Baseball coach
23	Cherry Adair	1951	South African-American writer
24	E. Ross Adair	1907	American lawyer and politician
25	Adair Crawford	1748	British chemist
26	Jessica Adair	1986	American basketball player
27	Molly Adair	1905	British film actor
28	Douglass Adair	1912	Historian
29	Bill Adair	1913	Baseball coach and manager
30	Virginia Hamilton Adair	1913	American poet
31	Deb Adair	1966	Film sound engineer
32	Mark Adair	1996	British cricketer
33	Eleanor R. Adair	1926	American scientist
34	Trevor Adair		Soccer coach
35	Thelma C. Davidson Adair	1920
36	John A. M. Adair	1864	American congressman and banker
37	Tatum Adair		American actress
38	Al Adair	1929	Minor league baseball player
39	Forrest Adair	1865	Real estate dealer
40	Gilbert Smithson Adair	1896	British protein scientist
41	Donald Adair	1960	Figure skater
42	J. Leroy Adair	1887	American politician
43	Natasha Adair	1972
44	Christia Adair	1893	American activist
45	Jimmy Adair	1907	American baseball player and coach
46	Janet Adair	1901	Film actress
47	Charles Adair	1971	American soccer player
48	Perry Adair	1899
49	William Adair	1850	Royal Marines general
50	Janice Adair	1905
51	Adair Blain	1894	Australian politician
52	John Ronald Shafto Adair	1893	Aviator
53	Green B. Adair	1840	Businessperson
54	Charles L. Adair	1902
55	James Adair	1743	Irish lawyer
56	Ron Adair	1931	Football player
57	Craig Adair	1963	Racing cyclist
58	Rhona Adair	1878	Amateur golfer
59	Hubert Adair	1917	World War II RAF Pilot
60	Bunny Adair	1905	Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
61	Jim Adair	1948	Canadian ice hockey player
62	Joseph Adair	1877	Canadian politician
63	James Makittrick Adair	1728	Army officer, tax collector, surgeon, physician
64	Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair	1861	British politician
65	Adair Cardoso	1993	Brazilian singer
66	Hugh Adair	1815	British politician
67	Adair Dyer		Attorney
68	Patrick Adair	1625	Irish Presbyterian minister
69	Charles Henry Adair	1851	Royal Navy admiral
70	Charles Wallace Adair	1914	U.S. Foreign Service Officer
71	Bonnie Adair	1952	Swimmer
72	Archibald Adair		Irish bishop
73	Alan Adair	1923	British actor
74	Sir Adair Hore	1874	British civil servant
75	Charles William Adair	1822
76	Robert Adair	1876	Cricketer
77	Billy Adair		Soccer player
78	Barbara Adair
79	Hugh R. Adair	1889	American politician
80	Andre Adair	1966	American cinematographer
81	Adair José Guimarães	1960	Brazilian priest
82	John Adair	1852	Cricketer
83	Phyllis Adair	1919