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Amir
Say it: ah-MEER
Meaning
From Arabic amir 'commander, prince'; in Hebrew a separate name Amir means 'treetop'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in the Arabic- and Persian-speaking world and in Israel, and widely in the US from the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 39,168 babies given this name since 1954
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 541 boys
- 3,170 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ameer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.