Meaning of name Amir

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Meaning

The name Amir has the following meaning:

A ruler. Also means "treetop" in Hebrew.

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

See worldwide popularity rankings of Amir as a baby name (outside USA)

As a baby boy name, Amir is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 354 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Amir rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 16 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 280 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Amir in the USA, over the past 100 years.

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Pronunciation

The name Amir is pronounced as ah-meer

Origins

Amir originates from the Arabic language.
See other suggested Arabic boy baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Amir and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Amir: Boys - Nadim, Samir, Girls - Amira, Dahab, Kaliyah, Khadijah, Nashwa, Nyla, Yasmeen, Both genders - Ali, Jamal, Nakia, Numa, Nuri

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Amir: Amear, Ameer, Ameir, Amer, Amier, Amiran, Amiri, Amyr

Style

We think the name Amir should fall under the following style category: For Both Genders.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Amir to be: Happy and easygoing chap

In one word, you might describe Amir as a(n) "easygoing" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Amir (or its variants) are:

Amir Peretz, born on 9 March, a famous politician. Amir Peretz's background: An Israeli politician and member of the Knesset. He is a former Defense Minister of Israel and former leader of the Israeli Labour Party, having left those positions in June of 2007.

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, born on 18 February, a famous politician. Amir-Abbas Hoveyda's background: An Iranian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Iran from January 27, 1965 to August 7, 1977.

Amir Sjarifuddin, born on 27 April, a famous politician. Amir Sjarifuddin's background: A socialist politician and one of the Indonesian Republic's first leaders, becoming Prime Minister during the country's National Revolution.

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