Given name & surname
Amira
“a princess; one who commands”
Amira is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a princess; one who commands.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a princess; one who commands.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
In Slovenian usage, Amira is a feminine form of Amir.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25,614
- 5 boys · 25,609 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 2,187 babies
- 2025
- 2,168
- #132 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +76%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,168 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 132 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 75.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (289). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,499 as a first name in 2020; 249 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.
Amira’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Amira is a feminine form of Amir. In English usage, Amira has a related form in Amirah. Amira has a related form in Amirah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amira has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Amirahvariant · Indonesian, English
- Amyravariant
- Ameeravariant
- Ameerahvariant
- Amyrahvariant
- Amirralikely variant
- Ameiravariant
- Amieravariant
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amira
- Amira CasarFrench actressborn 1971
- Ameera al-TaweelSaudi Arabian philanthropistborn 1987
- Amira HassIsraeli journalistborn 1956
- Amira WillighagenDutch-South African singerborn 2004
- Amira Mohamed AliGerman politician (born 1980)
- Amira YahyaouiTunisian activistborn 1984
- Amira Medunjaninsinger from Bosniaborn 1972
- Amira al Haybthe first Bedouin-Israeli female soldierborn 1985
- Amira HessIsraeli poet1943–2023
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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