Amira (name)
Amira (also spelled Emira or Ameera) (Arabic: أميرة) (Hebrew: אֲמִירָה ) is an Arabic female given name, meaning "princess",[1] and a Hebrew female given name, meaning 'treetop' or 'saying'.[2]
Variant forms include: Emira, Ameera, Amirah, Meera, Meerah, and Mira.
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
- Ameera al-Taweel, Saudi Arabian princess
- Ameerah Haq, Bangladeshi diplomat
- Amira Ben Amor, Tunisian long-distance runner
- Amira Ben Chaabane, Tunisian sabre fencer
- Amira Bennison, aka Kate Bennison, British historian of the Middle East,
- Amira Casar, French actress
- Amira Dotan, Israeli military figure, politician, former member of Knesset
- Amira Edrahi, Libyan swimmer
- Amira Griselda Gómez, Mexican politician
- Amira Hass, Israeli journalist and author
- Amira Hess, Iraqi-born Israeli poet and artist
- Amira Medunjanin, female singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Amira Nowaira, Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author
- Amira Sartani, Israeli politician, former member of Knesset
- Amira Selim, Egyptian soprano and opera singer
- Amirah Vann, American actress
- Amira Willighagen, Dutch singer
- Fictional characters
- Amira Masood, also Shah, fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Middle name
- Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi, Egyptian boxer
Surname
- Efraim Amira, Israeli football (soccer) player
- Ibn Amira, or Ahmad ibn Abd Allah Ibn Amira, 12th century historian, poet, and scholar of law from al-Andalus during the reign of the Almohad dynasty
See also
References
- ↑ "Amira". Think Baby Names.
- ↑ "Meaning of the name - Amira". All Hebrew names.
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