Amir
Also spelled: Ameer, Emir
Usually a boy's name
- Literal meaning
- Arabic 'prince, commander' Well attested
The same word as the title emir.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Popularity
US 2025: #105 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #212
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.
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Related in meaning in Chinese
- 卿 qīng noble Share this pair: 卿
- 侯 hóu marquis Share this pair: 侯
Source: Unicode Unihan