Amira

ah·MEE·rah · 3 syllables

Amira is comfortably familiar.

85/100

Strong Practical Fit

Balanced across pronunciation, everyday use, lifetime fit and international use.

Name Profile

Pronunciation & Spelling
Learnable with light exposure
A well-established name with a clear, learnable pronunciation: ah-MEE-rah. Commonly mispronounced as uh-MEER-uh vs. ah-MEE-rah stress confusion.
76/100
Everyday Use
Low risk
95/100
Growing Up
Strong lifetime fit
Works comfortably across child and adult settings.
82/100
International Use
Broad international fit
Works cleanly across the assessed languages and writing systems.
85/100

NAME DETAILS

CLOSE SPELLINGS: Ameera; Ameerah; Emira

ORIGIN & HISTORY

About the name

'Princess' or 'female commander/ruler' (Arabic, the dominant, best-documented sense, mirroring Amir). Separately glossed in Hebrew-name references as 'speech/utterance' or 'treetop/summit' — an unrelated word in a different language that happens to share a transliterated spelling. Amira's dominant, well-documented meaning is the Arabic 'princess/female commander,' the feminine counterpart of Amir. Baby-name sites frequently also list Hebrew glosses ('treetop,' 'proverb,' 'speech') alongside the Arabic meaning as if they were alternate senses of the same name; linguistically these come from a different language and root that merely shares a transliterated spelling, not a second layer of meaning within the Arabic name.

أميرة (Arabic). Amira Khatun was a Seljuk-era princess from the medieval Islamic world, an early historical bearer of the name in its royal/'princess' sense.
Mythological and religious contextShares its root with the Islamic leadership title amir/'Amir al-Mu'minin'. Separately and unrelated linguistically, the Hebrew word amir/amirah appears in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 49:21; Isaiah 17:6) in the masculine form meaning 'treetop/summit,' and the Hebrew root 'amar' ('to say') underlies a distinct 'speech/utterance' gloss sometimes attached to the name in Jewish naming references.

POPULARITY

Amira over time

United States

#132RANK

Rank #132 gives national context, not a classroom forecast.

Recognizable without feeling automatic. Ranked #132 in the U.S., 2025.

SourceU.S. Social Security Administration · 2025 release

Pronunciation & Forms

SAY IT

ah·MEE·rah

STRESS ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE

CLOSE SPELLINGS

Ameera
Ameerah
Emira

OTHER-LANGUAGE FORMS

AmiraAR
Amirah (Hebrew-adjacent transliteration, distinct unrelated root)

PRACTICAL LIFE

How This Name Lives

AT SCHOOL & DAY TO DAY

Warm-sounding and easy to pronounce once heard.

INTO ADULTHOOD

Reads as dignified given the 'princess/commander' meaning; professional in tone.

Cultural Footprint

Used across religious lines among Arabic speakers rather than exclusively by Muslims; also a well-documented name among Bosniak Muslims in the former Yugoslavia.

TRACEABLE ORIGIN

Amira Willighagenopera singer
Amira Khatunhistorical Seljuk princess
Amira CasarFrench actress

Community Impressions

Amira carries the same 'commander/ruler' title weight as its masculine counterpart Amir, so it reads as a name with a specific, documented meaning rather than a purely decorative sound. US popularity is still moderate — SSA-derived data puts it around #131-132 for American girls in recent years — so it registers as recognizable but not yet common. Dutch opera singer Amira Willighagen, who won Holland's Got Talent at age nine with a viral performance of 'O Mio Babbino Caro,' gives the name an unusually specific non-Arabic pop-culture association alongside its core Middle Eastern usage.

How this name is commonly received · not used in the score

More about Amira

FORMALITY

Typically used as a complete given name; no standard diminutive tradition was documented in the sources reviewed.

Names around it

SamiraView →

AmaraView →

AmirahView →

CLOSE SPELLING

AmirView →

masculine form

EDITORIAL SYNTHESIS

The Decision

Amira is a name that holds up in everyday use. Surname-dependent compatibility remains unassessed until a surname is added.

STRENGTH

Uses standard characters that systems widely handle cleanly. Fits cleanly on every form, badge, and signature line.

CONSIDERATION

Pronounced "ah-MEER-ah" — may invite a pronunciation check on first meeting.

BEST FIT

Everyday Use is the strongest-scoring part of this name — no obvious nickname traps, rhymes, or initial issues detected.

FULL-NAME CHECK