What does Amir mean?

Amir means "prince, ruler, emir"

How do we pronounce Amir?

Amir \a-mir, am-ir\ is a boy's name. It consists of 4 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Amir is pronounced as aa-MIH-R 1.

1 English pronunciation for Amir: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"

What is the origin of Amir?

br/>
Amir is largely used in the Arabic, English, and Hebrew languages, and it is derived from Arabic origins. Derived literally from the element 'amir' meaning prince, ruler, emir, commander. The name was originally an Arabic title meaning 'commander'. It is the root of the English words 'Emir' and 'admiral'. The name name Amira meaning (African, Arabic, English, Hebrew, and Swahili) is the female equivalent of Amir. name Aamir origin (Arabic and English), Amear meaning of name, Amer definition (Arabic), Amier pronounciation, Amiran name popularity, short names for Amire, Amiri meaning (Arabic), Amyr definition, and Emir pronounciation (Turkish) are variants of Amir. meaning of Mir (short form), Ameer definition (Arabic and English variant spelling), and Ameir definition (Arabic variant spelling) are other forms of Amir.

Amir is used predominantly in the Hebrew language and its origin is also Hebrew. Here, it means treetop. The name Amira definition (Hebrew) is the female form of Amir. See also the related forms, baby name Admiral (English) and Emyr definition (Welsh). Amir is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1970s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2010 with 0.060% of baby boys being given the name Amir. It ranked at #278 then. Among all boy names in its group, Amir was the most popular in 2010. 5 times more boys were named Amir than the subsequent ranked name, Ameer meaning, in that year.

List of baby names that sound like Amir:

Aamir name popularity (Arabic and English), Ameer pronounciation (Arabic and English), baby name Ainmire (Gaelic), short names for Amar (Arabic, English, and Indian), name Amear, Ameir pronounciation (Arabic), name Amer origin (Italian and Arabic), name Amire meaning, Ammar meaning of name (Arabic), what does the name Ammer mean (Arabic), baby name Amor (English), Amr definition (Arabic), Amri meaning (Swahili), name Amry, nicknames for Amyr, name Annar (Scandinavian), Annwar meaning of name, baby name Anour, Anrai pronounciation, and what does the name Anraí mean (Irish).

The baby name Amir fun facts:

The name Amir in reverse order is "Rima".

The numerological value of the name Amir is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Amir?

Amir is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.10%
20130.09%
20120.08%
20110.07%
20100.06%
20090.06%
20080.06%
20070.05%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames