Amira
Meaning of Amira
Amira is an Arabic name meaning 'princess'. It is the feminine form of Amir, 'prince' or 'commander', a word that came into English as emir. Amira is also used as a Hebrew name, but its meaning there is less certain: it has been linked to Hebrew words for 'treetop' and 'speech'.
The name is pronounced uh-MEER-uh. Namesakes include Dutch soprano Amira Willighagen, who won Holland's Got Talent in 2013 at age nine, and diplomat Amira Oron, who in 2020 became Israel's first female ambassador to Egypt.
In the United States, Amira rose gradually for decades before jumping from 209th in 2022 to its highest rank, 131st, in 2023. It has stayed close to that peak since, ranking 132nd in 2025, when 2,168 babies were given the name.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as uh-MEER-uh (/əˈmɪrə/)
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Notable People Named Amira
| Dutch soprano Amira Willighagen won Hollands Got Talent in 2013 at age nine. |
| Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz - Amira Aisya Binti Abd Aziz is a Malaysian politician and MUDA co founder who has served as MLA for Puteri Wangsa since 2022, is the acting president of MUDA, and is the youngest MLA in Johor and the only MUDA MLA there. |
| Amira Elmissiry is a lawyer who serves as Chief Equity and Chief Catalytic Investment Officer in the African Development Bank private sector operations and previously advised former bank president Donald Kaberuka. |
| Amira Oron is an Israeli diplomat who has served as the first female Israeli ambassador to Egypt since June 2020. |
| Amira Bennison - Amira K. Bennison is a University of Cambridge professor of Maghreb history and culture and a fellow of Magdalene College. |
| Sudanese activist Amira Osman Hamed cofounded the No to Oppression against Women Initiative. |
