Amira (name)
Amira (also spelled Ameerah or Ameera) (Arabic: أميرة) is an Arabic female given name. Its meaning is "Rich/Princess".[1]
Variant forms include: Amera, Amerah, Amirah, Amyra, Amyrah, Meera, Meerah, Mera, Merah, Mira and Mirah.
Usage
It is a very common name in North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia like in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia and in India.
First name / given name
- Ameera al-Taweel, Saudi Arabian princess
- Ameera Ali Aziz, fictional character on CBS's As the World Turns
- Ameerah Haq, Bangladeshi diplomat
- Amira Ahmed, Somali-Filipino model
- Amira Ben Amor, Tunisian long-distance runner
- Amira Ben Chaabane, Tunisian sabre fencer
- Amira Bennison, aka Kate Bennison, British historian of the Middle East,
- Amira Casar, French actress
- Amira Dotan, Israeli military figure, politician, former member of Knesset
- Amira Edrahi, Libyan swimmer
- Amira Griselda Gómez, Mexican politician
- Amira Hass, Israeli journalist and author
- Amira Hess, Iraqi-born Israeli poet and artist
- Amira Nowaira, Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author
- Amira Sartani, Israeli politician, former member of Knesset
- Amira Selim, Egyptian soprano and opera singer
- Amirah Vann, American actress
- Amira Willighagen, Dutch singer
- Fictional characters
- Amira Masood, also Shah, fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Middle name
- Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi, Egyptian boxer
Surname
- Efraim Amira, Israeli football (soccer) player
- Ibn Amira, or Ahmad ibn Abd Allah Ibn Amira, 12th century historian, poet, and scholar of law from al-Andalus during the reign of the Almohad dynasty
See also
References
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