Emir (name)

Emir (also spelled Amir or Emir, Arabic: امير‎, pronounced [aːmˈiːr]) is a name of Arabic/Hebraic origin derived from the title Emir, it may refer to:

Given name

• Emir (singer) (born 1980), Turkish pop singer
• Emir Işılay, Turkish musician
• Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
• Emir Mkademi, Tunisian football (soccer) player
• Emir Mutapčić, Bosnian basketball referee and former player
• Emir Preldžič, Turkish basketball player of Bosnian origin
• Emir Šišić, Yugoslav military involved in 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing
• Emir Spahić, Bosnian football (soccer) player
• Emir Bekrić, Serbian hurdler

Honorific title

• Arslan family (Lebanon)
  • Emir Shakib Arslan
  • Emir Majid Arslan
  • Emir Faysal Arslan, son of Emir Majid Arslan
  • Emir Talal Arslan, son of Emir Majid Arslan
• Emir Fakhr-al-Din II
• Shihab family (Lebanon)
  • Emir Bashir I
  • Emir Bashir Shihab II
  • Emir Bashir III

See also

• Amir (name)
• Amir (disambiguation)
• Emir (disambiguation)
• Emirate, a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim monarch styled emir. It also means principality.