Given name · Arabic
عامر
“to be inhabited, be cultivated”
عامر (ʕāmir) is a masculine given name. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ʕāmir.
Meaning & origin
What it means
عامر goes back to a word meaning “to be inhabited, be cultivated.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
عامر’s family of names
In Arabic usage, عامر can be written in the Roman alphabet as ʕāmir.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 3
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People named عامر
- Amer JamousJordanian footballerborn 2002
- Amir al-Sha'biHistorian641–723
- Abu Thabit 'AmirMarinid Sultan (r. 1307–1308)1284–1308
- Amer DelićUS-Bosnian tennis playerborn 1982
- Amir ibn FuhayraFreed slave and companion of Muhammad586–625
- Abu al-TufaylHadith scholar and narrator625–718
- Miracle-Jordanian Dota 2 playerborn 1997
- Amer HrustanovićAustrian Olympic wrestlerborn 1988
- Amer DidićCanadian soccer playerborn 1994
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