Amira (name)
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Amira (also spelled Emira or Ameera) Amirah (Arabic: أميرة) is an Arabic female given name, meaning "princess ",[1] a Hindi name meaning “princess” or “high born girl,” (derived from Arabic) <ref>{{cite web|Variant forms include: Emira, Ameera, Ameerah, Amirah, and Meera.
Usage
[edit]The name sees usage mainly in North Africa, West Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
First name / given name
[edit]- Amira Abdelrasoul, Canadian researcher and associate professor
- Amira Aisya, Malaysian politician
- Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz, Malaysian politician
- Amira Mohamed Ali,German politician
- Amira Ben Amor, Tunisian long-distance runner
- Amira Arfaoui, Swiss footballer
- Amira Ben Chaabane, Tunisian sabre fencer
- Amira Charfeddine, Tunisian novelist
- Amira Bennison, aka Kate Bennison, British historian of the Middle East,
- Amira Casar, French actress
- Amira Daugherty, American singer and rapper
- Amira Nur al-Din (1925–2020), Iraqi poet
- Amira Dotan, Israeli military figure, politician, former member of Knesset
- Emira D'Spain, Emirati-American model
- Amira Edrahi, Libyan swimmer
- Amira El Fadil (born 15 January, 1967), Sudanese government official
- Amira Elghawaby, Canadian journalist, communications professional, and human rights activist
- Amira Griselda Gómez, Mexican politician
- Amira Osman Hamed, Sudanese women’s rights activist
- Amira Hass, Israeli journalist and author
- Amira Hess, Iraqi-born Israeli poet and artist
- Amirah Inglis (1926–2015), Australian communist and writer
- Amira Ismail, Maldivian actress
- Amira Kandil, Egyptian modern pentathlete
- Amira Khatun, Seljuk princess, daughter of sultan Ahmad Sanjar, and wife of Abbasid caliph al-Mustarshid
- Amira Kheris, Algerian canoeist
- Amira Kouza, Algerian swimmer and triathlete
- Amira Medunjanin, female singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Amira Nowaira, Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author
- Amira Oron, Israeli diplomat and ambassador to Egypt
- Amira Rasheed, American singer
- Amira de la Rosa (1895–1974), Colombian playwright, poet, journalist, and writer
- Amira Spahić, Bosnian footballer
- Amira Sartani, Israeli politician, former member of Knesset
- Amira El Sayed, Austrian actress and author
- Amira Selim, Egyptian soprano and opera singer
- Amira Willighagen, Dutch singer
- Amira Yahyaoui, Tunisian entrepreneur, blogger and human rights activist
- Amira Yoma (born 1952), Argentina political advisor and restaurateur
- Amirah Vann, American actress
- Amira Virgil, American gaming content creator and activist
- Ameera al-Taweel, Saudi Arabian princess
- Ameerah Haq, Bangladeshi diplomat
Fictional characters
[edit]- Amira Masood, also Shah, fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Emira Blight, a fictional character from the American animated television series The Owl House
Middle name
[edit]- Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi, Egyptian boxer
- Safiyya Amira Shaikh, British woman convicted of plotting to bomb St Paul's Cathedral
Surname
[edit]- Efraim Amira, Israeli football (soccer) player
- Ibn Amira, or Ahmad ibn Abd Allah Ibn Amira, the 12th-century historian, poet, and scholar of law from al-Andalus during the reign of the Almohad dynasty
- Patricia Amira, Kenyan women's and girls' rights advocate