Details for the forename Eallair

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Eallair (male)


Variants:	Ellar (M)
Derivative of:	Ceallair (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Scottish, derived from the occupational name Ceallair for a "steward" or "butler" in a monastery. Anglicized as Ellar. Eallair is derived from Ceallair by the elision of the letter "c" in the surname Mac Ceallair to MacEallair.