Amiir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-MEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Amiir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “prince, commander”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Amiir mean?
Arabic: spelling of Amir; also a Hebrew name meaning treetop
“prince, commander”
Arabic amir, 'commander', is also the source of the English word admiral.
Meaning borrowed from Amir. More on Wiktionary.
Is Amiir a girl's or a boy's name?
Amiir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amiir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Amiir, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Amiir of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
In 2025, 310 boys in the UK were given Amiir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #195, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Amiir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Amiir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,138th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Amiir, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Amiir in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,635 boys in the US were given Amiir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #107, up from #4,138 for this spelling alone.
Amiir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Amiir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Hamza, Umar, Zayan, Abdullah, Musa, Zayd, Azaan, Ahmed, Arham, Abdur
Other spellings of Amiir
Names related to Amiir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amiir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amiir, updated 20 October 2026.