Given name & surname
Amiri
“a prince”·“from the treetop”
Amiri 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
Amiri 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 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amiri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,928
- 3,306 boys · 1,622 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 913 babies
- 2025
- 738
- #604 for boys · #964 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +917%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 65% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 472 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 604 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 878.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 266 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (54). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 734 as a first name in 2020; 2,292 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.
Amiri’s family of names
Amiri has a related form in Amir. In Japanese usage, Amiri is a Roman-alphabet rendering of あみり. In Japanese usage, Amiri is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜実利.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 152
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- Amirielikely spelling
- Amirylikely spelling
- Amirealikely spelling
- 藍未莉original script · Japanese
- 藍未理original script · Japanese
- 藍未梨original script · Japanese
- 藍美里original script · Japanese
- 藍美李original script · Japanese
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- 藍美利original script · Japanese
- 有美莉original script · Japanese
- 明巳莉original script · Japanese
- 明巳里original script · Japanese
- 明美理original script · Japanese
- 明美璃original script · Japanese
- 明美里original script · Japanese
- 明美麗original script · Japanese
- 明美莉original script · Japanese
- 明未莉original script · Japanese
- 明巳利original script · Japanese
- 明巳李original script · Japanese
- 明巳梨original script · Japanese
- 明巳理original script · Japanese
- 明美梨original script · Japanese
- 明美李original script · Japanese
- 明美利original script · Japanese
- 明実莉original script · Japanese
- 明実里original script · Japanese
- 明実梨original script · Japanese
- 明実李original script · Japanese
- 明見莉original script · Japanese
- 明見里original script · Japanese
- 明見理original script · Japanese
- 吾巳里original script · Japanese
- 吾巳理original script · Japanese
- 吾巳莉original script · Japanese
- 彩実利original script · Japanese
- 彩実李original script · Japanese
- 彩実里original script · Japanese
- 明見利original script · Japanese
- 彩美梨original script · Japanese
- 明見李original script · Japanese
- 明見梨original script · Japanese
- 吾美利original script · Japanese
- 吾美李original script · Japanese
- 吾美梨original script · Japanese
- 吾美理original script · Japanese
- 吾美里original script · Japanese
- 吾美麗original script · Japanese
- 吾巳利original script · Japanese
- 吾美莉original script · Japanese
- 吾巳李original script · Japanese
- 吾巳梨original script · Japanese
- 吾見李original script · Japanese
- 吾見梨original script · Japanese
- 吾見理original script · Japanese
- 吾見里original script · Japanese
- 吾見莉original script · Japanese
- 吾実利original script · Japanese
- 吾実李original script · Japanese
- 吾実梨original script · Japanese
And 92 more.
People named Amiri
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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