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 [ syll. a-mi-ra, am-ira ] The girl name Amira is pronounced AEMIHRah KEY. 1: Amira's language of origin is Arabic and it is also predominantly used in Arabic. Derived from the word amir which is of the meaning 'prince, ruler, emir, commander'. Amira is the feminine version of the Arabic and English Amir. A form of the name is the Arabic Amirah. Another form of Amira is the Arabic spelling variant Ameera. 2: Amira's origin and use are both in the Hebrew language. The meaning here is 'speech, speaker'. Amira is the feminine form of the Hebrew Amir. Amira is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.035% of baby girls were named Amira. It was #436 in rank then. Out of all girl names in its family, Amira was the most popular in 2008. Amira was used 90% more than the next ranked name, the Arabic Amirah, in that year. Baby names that sound like Amira include the Arabic Amirah, the English Amara, the English Amari, the Spanish Amora, the Dutch, English, and German Annemarie, the English Anora, the English Anorah, the Indian Anura, the French Énora, the English and Irish Honora, the French Honorée, the Arabic Amar, the Arabic Ameera, the French Amour, the German Amrei, the German Anna Marie, the German Annemaria, the English Annmarie, the Irish and Scottish Eimear, and the Scottish Eimhear. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Amira: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
