Given name & surname
Ameer
“a prince”·“from the treetop”
Ameer is a variant of Amir. Interpretations include “a prince” and “from the treetop”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ameer is a variant of Amir. Interpretations include “a prince” and “from the treetop”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ameer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,596
- 6,596 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 287 babies
- 2025
- 233
- #980 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 233 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 980 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (30). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,960 as a first name in 2020; 371 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ameer’s family of names
In English usage, Ameer has an alternative spelling in Amir. Ameer has a related form in Amir. In English usage, Ameer has a conventional equivalent in the French form Amir.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ameer
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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