Amira
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Amira is the Arabic feminine of Amir, meaning “princess,” “leader,” or “highborn,” with a Yiddish meaning, “ear of grain,” also given.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Amira in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Amira against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Amira is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Amira in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,168 girls were named Amira, making it the #132 girls' name in the US. Since 1963, 25,609 girls have been named Amira, with the most (2,182) in 2024. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., Minnesota and New Mexico.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Amira in other languages
- Mira Arabic, Dutch, Polish, Slovenian
- Amíra Icelandic
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Amira
There are 25 towns and villages with Amira in their name, in 5 countries.
🇲🇦 Morocco 20🇮🇳 India 2🇧🇩 Bangladesh 1🇲🇽 Mexico 1🇵🇰 Pakistan 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Amira | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Amira | Casablanca-Settat, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Amira Tejeka | Punjab, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | – | Map |
| Amīrā | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Douar Amira | Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Oulad Amira | Marrakesh-Safi, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Oulad Amira | Souss-Massa, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Oulad Amira | Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Oulad Amira | Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Oulad ’Amira | Casablanca-Settat, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Celebrities named Amira
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Amira.
Amira Ben Amor
Amira Willighagen
Fictional characters named Amira
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Amira as a pet name
FurryName has found 23 dogs named Amira in public pet registers, making it the #2,797 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Vancouver (3), Villavicencio (1), Basel (1). Amira as a dog name →
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