Girl's name
Amira
Say it uh-MEER-uh
Arabic origin princess
3 syllables
Where Amira is loved, common and rare
Common across Spain, five German cities, Ontario and five more places. Rare in France, the Netherlands, Austria and 11 more places.
1 in 587 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Catalonia 31stBerlin 55thOntario 73rd
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Every place
In 27 of the 40 official lists, among them Catalonia (31st), Berlin (55th) and Ontario (73rd).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalonia region | 31st 2025 | 132 | 1 in 146 |
| Spain | 49th 2024 | 601 | rank only |
| Berlin city | 55th 2023 | 50 | about 1 in 290 |
| Hungary | 57th 2025 | 180 | rank only |
| Ontario province | 73rd 2024 | 126 | about 1 in 432 |
| Cologne city | 74th 2023 | 17 | about 1 in 361 |
| New South Wales state | 79th 2025 | 90 | rank only |
| Switzerland | 79th 2025 | 90 | 1 in 378 |
| Victoria state | 84th 2025 | 74 | rank only |
| Italy | 92nd 2024 | 345 | 1 in 519 |
| France | 108th 2025 | 480 | 1 in 597 |
| The Netherlands | 109th 2025 | 128 | about 1 in 477 |
| Austria | 110th 2025 | 60 | 1 in 595 |
| Sweden | 123rd 2025 | 76 | about 1 in 529 |
| England and Wales | 124th 2025 | 396 | 1 in 640 |
| Ireland | 130th 2025 | 36 | 1 in 587 |
| British Columbia province | 143rd 2023 | 21 | about 1 in 569 |
| Norway | 155th 2025 | 32 | 1 in 681 |
| Munich city | 177th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 599 |
| Quebec province | 198th 2025 | 29 | about 1 in 897 |
| Scotland | 217th 2025 | 17 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Northern Ireland | 259th 2025 | 6 | 1 in 1,214 |
| Poland | 277th 2025 | 17 | 1 in 7,046 |
| Israel אמירה | 310th 2024 | 45 | about 1 in 1,744 |
| Leipzig city | 52nd 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 262 |
| Bonn city | 58th 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 302 |
| Rostock city | 62nd 2025 | 3 | about 1 in 328 |
Rare, below the listed names: Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand and Slovenia.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock). How we count, and every source
About the name
Arabic ʔamīra means 'princess', and Amira is borrowed directly from it.
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It has three syllables, uh-MEER-uh, with the stress in the middle. Mira is the natural short form, and Amyra, Emira and Almira are related names.
Amira is well used in Ontario, New South Wales and Victoria, and appears in Catalonia, Spain and Hungary. The French records first show it in 1972 and place its peak in 2024. It is rising in five times as many places as it is falling, so it is a name with clear international momentum. Its clear meaning and easy pronunciation make it at home in many languages.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- uh-MEER-uh, 3 syllables
- Meaning
princess
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Mira
- Amyra
- Emira
- Almira
- Amiria
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 10 of 24 regions, falling in 2.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 197 | 175 | 199 | 178 | 176 | 158 | 162 | 143 | 139 | 124 |
| Scotland | 240 | 237 | 376 | 406 | 209 | 363 | 260 | 304 | 215 | 217 |
| Northern Ireland | 306 | 215 | 179 | 157 | 228 | 139 | 305 | 302 | 192 | 259 |
| Ireland | 359 | 272 | 319 | 395 | 275 | 284 | 203 | 190 | 156 | 130 |
| Ontario | 256 | 322 | 197 | 214 | 172 | 146 | 173 | 86 | 73 | |
| British Columbia | 174 | 184 | 224 | 246 | 197 | 276 | 134 | 143 | ||
| New South Wales | 79 | |||||||||
| Victoria | 84 | |||||||||
| Quebec | 138 | 221 | 155 | 241 | 194 | 312 | 169 | 227 | 152 | 198 |
| France | 156 | 136 | 136 | 125 | 104 | 126 | 134 | 118 | 101 | 108 |
| The Netherlands | 93 | 105 | 76 | 87 | 134 | 110 | 85 | 105 | 109 | |
| Austria | 181 | 226 | 168 | 262 | 189 | 142 | 164 | 105 | 109 | 110 |
| Switzerland | 157 | 140 | 159 | 156 | 106 | 87 | 87 | 75 | 88 | 79 |
| Berlin | 114 | 100 | 97 | 76 | 69 | 65 | 45 | 55 | ||
| Munich | 139 | 107 | 162 | 80 | 63 | 110 | 101 | 97 | 177 | |
| Cologne | 76 | 93 | 157 | 75 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 74 | ||
| Bonn | 107 | 58 | 65 | 59 | 57 | 38 | 78 | 29 | 66 | 58 |
| Leipzig | 152 | 85 | 411 | 92 | 58 | 47 | 129 | 50 | 63 | 52 |
| Rostock | 184 | 134 | 199 | 202 | 133 | 122 | 68 | 158 | 62 | |
| Norway | 251 | 176 | 158 | 222 | 230 | 195 | 189 | 151 | 171 | 155 |
| Sweden | 177 | 201 | 156 | 121 | 151 | 127 | 160 | 144 | 155 | 123 |
| Spain | 88 | 72 | 64 | 56 | 51 | 55 | 52 | 48 | 49 | |
| Catalonia | 74 | 70 | 42 | 33 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 31 |
| Italy | 137 | 110 | 103 | 98 | 89 | 89 | 92 | 87 | 92 | |
| Poland | 345 | 322 | 402 | 285 | 337 | 342 | 371 | 265 | 285 | 277 |
| Hungary | 39 | 48 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 64 | 67 | 62 | 50 | 57 |
| Israel | 309 | 251 | 341 | 256 | 331 | 253 | 288 | 291 | 310 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | 396 | 156.3 |
| 2024 | 139 | 358 | 138.8 |
| 2023 | 143 | 345 | 134.5 |
| 2022 | 162 | 307 | 116.5 |
| 2021 | 158 | 327 | 119.3 |
| 2020 | 176 | 283 | 105.4 |
| 2019 | 178 | 280 | 100.0 |
| 2018 | 199 | 259 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 175 | 306 | 102.3 |
| 2016 | 197 | 277 | 90.2 |
| 2015 | 210 | 257 | 83.5 |
| 2014 | 179 | 293 | 95.5 |
| 2013 | 198 | 256 | 83.0 |
| 2012 | 173 | 298 | 92.5 |
| 2011 | 181 | 283 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | 165 | 320 | 99.7 |
| 2009 | 210 | 243 | 77.5 |
| 2008 | 306 | 153 | 48.5 |
| 2007 | 295 | 159 | 51.9 |
| 2006 | 313 | 142 | 47.5 |
| 2005 | 342 | 118 | 40.9 |
| 2004 | 398 | 93 | 32.5 |
| 2003 | 415 | 86 | 30.9 |
| 2002 | 431 | 74 | 27.7 |
| 2001 | 466 | 65 | 24.3 |
| 2000 | 512 | 56 | 20.5 |
| 1999 | 636 | 39 | 13.8 |
| 1998 | 607 | 42 | 14.5 |
| 1997 | 689 | 35 | 11.9 |
| 1996 | 703 | 33 | 11.1 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Amira in France since 1925 were born in or after 2014. First recorded in 1972. Her peak year there: 2024, at 175.4 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Amira per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2024 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Amira
1 in 307 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amira.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Mariam.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amira. Same first letter as Amira.
1 in 924 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amira.
1 in 2,508 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amira.
1 in 581 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amira. Same first letter as Amira.
1 in 1,849 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amira.
1 in 745 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amira.
1 in 1,771 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amira.
1 in 3,521 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amira.
1 in 344 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amira.
Middle names for Amira
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Amira Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Amira: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Amira Sophie
3-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Amira: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Amira Grace
3-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Amira: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Amira Olivia
3-4 beats · initials AO · Amira slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Amira: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Amira slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Amira Mia
3-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Amira: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Amira Ruby
3-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amira: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Amira Rose
3-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amira: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 240 in Ireland
Amira Leah
3-2 beats · initials AL
Changes the beat after Amira: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Amira
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Amira across countries and decades.
1 in 606 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Amira across countries and decades.
1 in 344 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Amira across countries and decades.
1 in 1,195 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Amira across countries and decades.
1 in 993 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Amira across countries and decades.
1 in 2,508 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Amira across countries and decades.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Amira across countries and decades.
1 in 132 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Amira across countries and decades.
Famous people named Amira
Amira Casar, Amira Hass, Amira Willighagen and Amira Mohamed Ali.
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French actress born 1971
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Israeli journalist born 1956
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Dutch-South African singer born 2004
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German politician (born 1980)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Amira
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Amira?
Her best rank is No. 31 in Catalonia in 2025, about 1 in 146 girls. She is in the published lists of 27 of our 40 regions.
What does Amira mean?
Wiktionary glosses Amira as "princess".
How do you pronounce Amira?
uh-MEER-uh, with 3 syllables.
Is Amira getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 10 of 24 regions, falling in 2.
Which sister names go with Amira?
The deck's top five sisters for Amira: Maryam, Amina, Noor, Leyla and Aisha. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.