Given name & surname
Amer
“a prince”·“from the treetop”
Amer 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
Amer 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 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,450
- 1,438 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,404 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,404 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 50 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,349 as a first name in 2020; 2,338 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.
Amer’s family of names
Amer has a related form in Amir. In Greek usage, Amer as a surname is a transliteration of Άμερ. In Greek usage, Amer as a surname is a transliteration of Αμέρ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amer
- 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 Al-FadhelKuwaiti association football playerborn 1988
- Amer MubarakEmirati footballerborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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