Amira - Meaning of Amira

What does Amira mean?

[ 3 syll. a-mi-ra, am-ira ] The baby girl name Amira is pronounced as aa-MIH-R-aa- †.

1: Amira's language of origin is Arabic. It is predominantly used in African, Arabic, English, Hebrew, and Swahili. It is derived from the word amir which is of the meaning 'prince, ruler, emir, commander'. Amira is the feminine version of the Arabic, English, and Hebrew Amir.

Forms of Amira include the name Ameara, the name Amearah, the name Ameerah, the name Ameira, the name Ameirah, the name Amiera, the name Amierah, the African, Arabic, and English Amirah, the name Amyra, and the name Amyrah.

Another form of the name is the Arabic and English 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.

See also the related categories, swahili, ruler (queen), english, hebrew, speech (voice), speaker, and arabic.

Amira is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also perceived as trendy. 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 2018, 0.056% of baby girls were named Amira. It was #315 in rank then. Out of all girl names in its family, Amira was the most popular in 2018. Amira was thrice as popular as the next ranked name, Amirah, in that year.

Baby names that sound like Amira include Aamira, Ameera, Ameerah, Amirah, Amara, Amare, Amaree, Amari, Amaria, Amarri, Amarya, Amora, Amoree, Amorey, Amori, Amorie, Annmarie, Annora, Annorah, and Honora.

† English pronunciation for Amira: 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)"



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