Meaning and Origin of the Boy’s Name Nairn

The name Nairn is derived from the county town of Nairnshire an old fishing port near Inverness. The meaning of Nairn is a “seaside place in the Highlands of Scotland” or “river with alder trees”

Popularity of Nairn

The name Nairn is not very popular, worldwide it is the 68,349th most common surnames and does not rank within the top 100 first names for boys within the UK. In Scotland, less than 1100 people have this surname making it rank 861th most common name.

Famous people called Nairn

This Unique name of Nairn is held by a family of Nairn Baronets. The name is also held by the fictional character Major General Nairn, from the Sharpe series of novels written by Bernard Cornwell.

How do you pronounce Nairn?

Nairn can be pronounced phonetically “n air n” fast and in one syllable.

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