The name Amir means ‘commander’ or ‘prince.’ It is derived from the Arabic root word ‘Amr,’ which means ‘to command’ or ‘to give orders’. Amir is also used in many other cultures and languages, such as Hebrew, Persian, Urdu and Turkish.
Amir is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Amir isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Amir ranks 151. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 14 were named Amir. In the entire USA, approximately 42,976 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Amir. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
The name Amir means ‘commander’ or ‘prince.’ It is derived from the Arabic root word ‘Amr,’ which means ‘to command’ or ‘to give orders’. Amir is also used in many other cultures and languages, such as Hebrew, Persian, Urdu and Turkish.
In the Iranian Army,... Amir is also a title for high-ranking officers.
Amir is a fairly recent phenomenon. In the past, the name wasn't really on the radar of expectant parents. Then, unexpectedly, Amir cried out for attention, reaching its peak in popularity at #112 in our SmartGenius statistics in the year 2022. People over 50 probably didn't have classmates named Amir, for there were many years in which not a single parent chose this first name for their son. Although it also has never been in the top 100 of most popular first names, Amir seems to have been in vogue for a while, especially since the beginning of the new millennium.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Amir was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.
With four letters, the name Amir is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.
If your name is Amir and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Amir, you can simply say:
Apple
Mouse
Igloo
Rocket
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Amir
Amir
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
A
M
I
R
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
A
M
I
R
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Amir sounds like this:
