Jairai and derivatives are Hebrew and I think there are many nicknames. For instance this is my daughters' name and we call her Jarita (Little Jara). I think it sounds Spanish (My humble opinion) but the origins of the spanish name could be alot of places: Spain, Italy, Mexico, Filipinos......in of the "romantic language speaking countries". It is an unusual name for the time period though, and it would be great if you you uncover the origins. But I don't think it's Cherokee. Debbie ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]