MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Amira mean?
Amira is the Arabic feminine of amir, a prince or leader. Indian personal forms can also preserve Amir with an added vowel, so the masculine and feminine royal terms both help explain usage.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
أميرة
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अमीरा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Amira in Indian usage
1,322 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 319 records (24.1%).
- Recorded as male: 1,003 records (75.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 145 |
| 1970s | 201 |
| 1980s | 340 |
| 1990s | 498 |
| Other decades | 138 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 620 |
| Odisha | 439 |
| Other states | 263 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Amira / F | 396 | 124 |
| Scotland | Amira / F | 17 | 217 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Amira ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Amira; Table_6, C129 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amira; Table_6, C129
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Amira; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amira; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl
- Wiktionary: أميرة ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: أمير ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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