Amir (also spelled Ameer or Emir; ar, اَمير) is an Arabic
masculine name
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The name comes from the same root as the word
emir
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ...
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In
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
the name means prince. The word originally meant "Commander (of army)". It later became a title given to a ruler's son, and hence "prince".
The name has also been loaned into other languages.
In Urdu (
Urdu
Urdu (;"Urdu" '' Persian: امير) the name means ‘immortal’.
In Pashto (
Pashto
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...
: امير) the name comes to mean ‘leader’ or ‘boss’.
In
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
, when spelt אמיר the name means crown (treetop). When spelt עמיר the name means a small sheaf or bundle (of grain, usually wheat or barley)
Given name
Notable persons with the name include:
* Al-Amir bi-Ahkami l-Lah, tenth Fatimid Caliph and recognised as the 20th imam by the Mustaali Ismaili Shi'a sect
* Amir Abdur-Rahim (born 1981), American basketball coach
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Amir Khosrow Afshar
Amir Khosrow Afshar (1919–1999; fa, امیرخسرو افشار قاسملو) was an Iranian diplomat, who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Iran during the Shah era from 1978 to 1979.
Biography
Born in 1919 in Tehran, Afshar was a ...
Amir Blumenfeld
Amir Shmuel Blumenfeld (; he, אמיר שמואל בלומנפלד; born January 18, 1983) is an Israeli-American comedian, actor, writer, television host, and member of the American comedy duo, Jake and Amir. Born in Israel, he moved to Los ...
(born 1983), American-Israeli comedian/actor
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Ameer Bux Bhutto
Sardar Ameer Buksh Khan Bhutto (, ur, امیر بخش خان بھٹو ;) is President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sindh and an ex-Member of the Sindh Assembly. He is the son of Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto.
and after the death of Sardar Mumtaz Bhutt ...
, Pakistani politician
* Amir Celestin, American basketball player
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Amir Coffey
Amir Coffey (born June 17, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
High school career
Attend ...
(born 1997), American basketball player
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Amir Derakh
Amir Davidson, professionally known as Amir Derakh, is an American musician and record producer. He is currently the guitarist and the synthesizer player for the band Julien-K, and was the guitarist for the band Dead by Sunrise. He was once the gu ...
, American musician
* Amir Eshel (born 1959), Commander in Chief of the Israeli Air Force
* Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, former member of Ansar-e Hezbollah and currently a peace and human rights activist living in Germany
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Amir Gal-Or
Amir Gal-Or ( he, אמיר גלאור; ; born 1962) is an Israeli businessman. He is the founder and managing partner of Infinity Group, and founder and chairman of Innonation. Gal-Or served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force.
Biography
Gal-Or ...
(born 1962), Israeli businessman and the managing partner of Infinity Group
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Amir Ganiel
Amir Ganiel ( he, אמיר גניאל ) (January 6, 1963 in Jerusalem – May 14, 2018) was an Israeli swimming champion. Biography
Ganiel's son, Imri Ganiel, is also a swimmer. He is a national record holder and an Olympic swimmer of Israel.
S ...
, former Israeli swimming champion and record holder in swimming
* Amir Ghalenoei, Iranian football coach and former player
* Amir Haddad (born 1984), Israeli French singer and songwriter
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Amir Hamed
Amir Hamed (11 May 1962 – 20 November 2017) was a Uruguayan writer, essayist and translator.
Background and education
Born in Montevideo, he earned a degree in literature from the University of the Republic and a doctorate in Hispanoamerican ...
, Uruguayan writer and translator of Lebanese descent
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Amir Hashemi
Amir Hashemi-Moghaddam (born 3 June 1966) is a former Iranian football player. He resides in Beuningen, Netherlands.
Hashemi started his career in his native, Iran, with Niroye Zamini and Esteghlal. Hashemi played 14 times for the Iran nationa ...
, Iranian footballer
* Amir Mirza Hekmati, alleged American CIA operative
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Amir Hinton
Amir Jabbar Hinton (born February 14, 1997) is an American-born naturalized Syrian professional basketball player for Kouvot of the Finnish Korisliiga. He also plays for the Syria men's national basketball team. Hinton played college basketball f ...
(born 1997), American basketball player
* Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Iranian economist and politician
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Amir Johnson
Amir Jalla Johnson (born May 1, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the NBA G League Ignite of the NBA G League. He has previously played for the Detroit Pistons, the team that selected Johnson in the second rou ...
, American basketball player
* Amir Kabir, aka Mirza Taghi Khan Amir-Nezam, Atabak and Amir-e Nezam; chief minister to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (Shah of Persia)
* Amir Karara, Egyptian actor
* Amir Karić, Bosnian-Slovenian footballer
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Amir Reza Khadem
Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi ( fa, امیررضا خادم ازغدی, born February 10, 1970) is an Iranian wrestler who won Olympic bronze medals in 1992 and 1996. He finished fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and he won the 1991 World Champion ...
, Iranian wrestler
* Amir Khan, Hindustani classical vocalist
* Amir Khan, British boxer
* Amir Khusrow, Indian musician, scholar and poet
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Amir Kror Suri
Amīr Krōṛ Sūrī ( ps, امير کروړ سوري), also known as Jahan Pahlawan, is a legendary character in Afghan national history and is claimed to have become the King of Mandesh in Ghor. Amir Kror Suri is considered to be the first poet ...
, aka Jahan Pahlawan, Pashtun national history figure and a governor of Mandesh in Ghor
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Amir Mohebbian
Amir Mohebbian ( fa, امیر محبیان ), (born 23 June 1962 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian politician, journalist, professor of university and political analyst.
Mohebbian has ''Ph.D. in western philosophy'' and he is an Assistant Pr ...
, Iranian politician, journalist and political analyst
* Amir Mohebi, Iranian footballer
* Amir Mokri, Iranian cinematographer
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Amir Muchtari
Amir Muchtari (אמיר מוכתרי; born June 12, 1972) is an Israeli former basketball player. He was named to the 2000 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.
Biography
Muchtari was born in Kfar Saba, Israel.
He played for Hapoel Jerusal ...
(born 1972), Israeli basketball player
* Amir Nachumi (born 1945), Israeli Air Force general
* Amir Naderi, Iranian film director
* Amir Ohana (born 1976), Israeli politician
* Amir Peretz (born 1952), Moroccan-born Israeli politician
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Amir Hossein Rabii
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremo ...
(died 9 April 1979), Iranian Air Force commander
* Amir Sadollah, American mixed martial artist
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Amir Slama
Amir Slama is a Brazilian fashion designer. He was the designer, stylist and owner of the Brazilian beach fashion brand Rosa Chá. He now runs a brand under his name, Amir Slama, with stores in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Amir's father came ...
, Brazilian fashion designer
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Amir Spahić
Amir Spahić (born September 13, 1983) is a Bosnian retired football player who last played for Śląsk Wrocław.
Playing career Club
On 10 July 2009, Spahić moved to Śląsk Wrocław on a free transfer previously having played for Torpedo Mosc ...
, Bosnian footballer
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Amir Vahedi
Amir Vahedi (February 25, 1961 – January 8, 2010) was an Iranian professional poker player born in Tehran, Iran. who won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet at the 2003 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event.
World Se ...
(1961–2010), Iranian-born American professional poker player
* Amir Wilson, British actor
* Ameer Ali, Australian economist and community leader
* Ameer Sultan, Tamil film director
* Ameer Vann (born 1996), former member of boy band Brockhampton
* Abdul Ameer Yousef Habeeb, Iraqi journalist
Fictional characters:
*Amir, the protagonist in '' The Kite Runner''
*Amir Kazim, a character in '' A Wedding'' (''Noces''), a 2016 film
Middle name
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Mohammad Amir Khatam
Arteshbod Mohammad Amir Khatami ( fa, محمدامیر خاتمی) (1920 – 12 September 1975), CVO, was the commander of the Imperial Iranian Air Force, advisor to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the second husband of Fatemeh Pahlavi, half- ...
(1920–1975), commander of the Iranian air force
* Tengku Amir Hamzah (1911–1946), Indonesian poet
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Tamino (musician)
Tamino-Amir Moharam Fouad (born 24 October 1996), known mononymously as Tamino, is a Belgian-Egyptian singer, musician and model. He is the grandson of Egyptian singer and movie star Muharram Fouad.
Career
Before commercial success, at age 1 ...
(born 1996), Belgian-Egyptian singer, songwriter and musician
Surname
* Eldad Amir (born 1961), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor
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Eli Amir
Eli Amir ( he, אלי עמיר; Arabic:ايلى عمير) (September 26, 1937) is an Iraqi-born Israeli writer and civil servant. He served as director general of the Youth Aliyah Department of the Jewish Agency.
Biography
Amir was born Fuad Elia ...
(born 1937), Israeli writer
* Menashe Amir, an Iranian-born Israeli Persian-language broadcaster
* Mohammad Amir, Pakistani cricketer banned for spot-fixing
* Nina Amir, Israeli Olympic sports sailor
* Yigal Amir, assassin of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin