Amir is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “commander, prince.” In 2024 it was given to 3,625 boys in the United States.
Amir at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic · English & American
Meaning
“commander, prince”
About the name Amir
Amir belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “commander, prince” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Amir first appears in Social Security records in 1954. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #95 in 2024, and in 2024 3,625 babies received the name — 52,416 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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