Amira (name)

Amira (also spelled Emira or Ameera) Amirah (Arabic: أميرة) (Hindi: अमीरा) (Hebrew: אֲמִירָה ) is an Arabic female given name, meaning "princess",[1] a Hindi name meaning “princess” or “high born girl,” (derived from Arabic) [2] and a Hebrew female given name, meaning 'treetop' or 'saying'.[3]

Variant forms include: Emira, Ameera, Ameerah, Amirah, and Meera.

Usage

It is a very common name in North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia like in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and in India.

First name / given name

Fictional characters

  • Amira Masood, also Shah, fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders

Middle name

Surname

  • Efraim Amira, Israeli football (soccer) player
  • Ibn Amira, or Ahmad ibn Abd Allah Ibn Amira, the 12th-century historian, poet, and scholar of law from al-Andalus during the reign of the Almohad dynasty

See also

References

  1. "Amira". Think Baby Names.
  2. "Amira Name Meaning". Hamari Web.
  3. "Meaning of the name - Amira". All Hebrew names.
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