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[ 2 syll. a-mir, am-ir ] The baby boy name Amir is pronounced as aa-MIH-R †.
Aamer, Aamir (Arabic and English), Amear, Amer (Arabic), Amier, Amiran, Amire, Amiri (Arabic), Amyr, and Emir (Turkish) are variants of Amir.
Mir (short form), Ameer (Arabic and English variant spelling), and Ameir (Arabic variant spelling) are other forms of Amir.
See also the related forms, Admiral (English) and Emyr (Welsh).
See also the related categories, prince (king), title, words (element), hebrew, root, and arabic.
Amir is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1970s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2018 with 0.134% of baby boys being given the name Amir. It ranked at #149 then. Among all boy names in its group, Amir was the most popular in 2018. 9 times more boys were named Amir than the subsequent ranked name, Ameer, in that year.
Baby names that sound like Amir include Aamir, Ameer, Aamer, Ainmire, Allmer, Amar, Amer, Amire, Ammar, Ammer, Amor, Amr, Amri, Amry, Amyr, Annar, Annwar, Annwarr, Anrai, and Anwar.
† English pronunciation for Amir: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"