Ir Forename

9,810th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 104,347 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Ir Forename Definition:

Ir, watchman. A descendant of Benjamin. 1 Chron. vii. 12.

Ir Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia
84%
 
99,8891:2,583269
India
75%
 
2,4641:493,05139,802
Bangladesh-3671:434,50016,631
Burkina Faso
 
95%
2681:68,5804,208
Malaysia
77%
 
2341:130,1288,530
Poland
87%
 
1881:202,2723,614
Russia
 
84%
1851:779,6427,329
United States-1621:2,237,88336,000
France
100%
1001:664,7036,281
United Arab Emirates-461:155,47810,347
Qatar
100%
361:65,8228,074
Rwanda-361:315,8731,243
Mozambique-361:756,7601,518
Kazakhstan
 
75%
281:633,8168,396
Angola-251:1,078,6642,481
Brazil
84%
 
241:8,926,506114,727
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Philippines
73%
 
201:5,300,47490,157
Burundi-161:619,160838
Sudan-161:2,362,9363,917
Canada-151:2,208,89131,635
Afghanistan
50%
 
111:2,965,77421,963
Thailand
 
72%
81:8,758,227128,595
Cambodia
100%
71:2,324,76125,689
Singapore-71:898,15114,197
Japan-61:21,331,01046,700
China-61:227,675,96474,319
Germany
 
79%
61:16,112,97944,905
Taiwan
100%
51:4,753,93676,486
Belarus
100%
51:1,896,4778,406
Armenia
100%
51:583,7516,330
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Maldives
75%
 
41:108,4762,638
Uzbekistan-41:7,696,61011,277
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Australia-41:3,414,40625,298
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Suriname
100%
41:138,2032,927
Greece-31:3,644,84916,562
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
Venezuela-31:10,067,298111,314
Israel-31:2,800,97324,529
Austria-31:2,838,06711,255
Georgia
50%
 
21:1,869,23320,119
Cuba-21:5,753,2769,613
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Argentina-21:21,386,62229,627
Jordan-21:4,413,3878,826
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
South Africa-11:54,532,649471,300
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
Turkmenistan
100%
11:5,472,8703,925
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Transnistria
100%
11:475,6382,115
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Tajikistan
100%
11:8,374,9227,831
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Czechia
 
84%
11:10,656,16211,509
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Cape Verde-11:529,1516,361
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Niger
100%
11:19,183,99477,442
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Hungary
67%
 
11:9,791,7716,528
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392

Ir (22,121) may also be a surname.

Ir Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ir, watchman. A descendant of Benjamin. 1 Chron. vii. 12.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: a city.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Ir Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Air8024,814/
Hir8024,311/
Ire803,000/
Gir801,882/
Jir801,199/
Ier80853/
Irh80527/
Irr80515/
Ior80405/
Yir80206/
Eir80151/
Oir8098/
Ird8083/
Irt8069/
Isr8063/
Itr8047/
Uir8041/
Ihr8018/
Ijr8017/
Irz8016/
Irp8013/
Irå801/
Hire677,604/
Yire673,060/
Hair672,165/
Aire671,705/
Jire671,220/
Eire67661/
Gair67432/
Hoir67353/
Ægir67218/
Aitr67204/
Hier67182/
Jier67175/
Hird67172/
Irrr6797/
Eird6787/
Goir6775/
Heir6769/
Aird6752/
Irhd6752/
Airt6750/
Isrt6742/
Irre6739/
Isre6735/
Airz6727/
Oire6724/
Hirh6724/
Jirr6720/
Jisr6719/
Girr6718/
Ihre6714/
Hirt6713/
Airr6712/
Jitr6712/
Uire6712/
Airh6710/
Uitr679/
Jird679/
Jihr678/
Aair677/
Jirt675/
Irzh675/
Aisr675/
Hijr675/
Eirh674/
Isrr674/
Yisr674/
Hisr674/
Eirz673/
Irph673/
Irpf673/
Girh673/
Irdt673/
Hirr673/
Gihr672/
Jirh672/
Hitr672/
Iorh672/
Irhe672/
Isrd672/
Ittr672/
Oirr672/
Oirt672/
Yirr672/
Yirt672/
Irht672/
Itrt671/
Eirt671/
Airė671/
Uird671/
Uirh671/
Uirt671/
Yitr671/
Yird671/
Isrp671/
Irrt671/
Irtt671/
Iorr671/
Ihrd671/
Ijhr671/
Ijre671/
Ijrt671/
Ierz671/
Jijr671/
Jirz671/
Oird671/
Huir671/
Oijr671/
Yihr671/
Uirr671/
Uisr671/
Uijr671/
Ioyr671/
Irhs671/
Irhz671/
Ijrh671/
Idtr671/
Aijr671/
Eitr671/

Ir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ir in the Russian language
Ирir-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ir