Amira (name)

Amira

Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	Princess
Other names
Variant form(s)	Emira

Amira is a feminine name.

In the Balkans, Amira is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name comes from the male given name Amir.

Given name

• 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

• 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

• Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi, Egyptian boxer
• Safiyya Amira Shaikh, British woman convicted of plotting to bomb St Paul's Cathedral

Surname

• 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

See also

• Amirah
• Amira (disambiguation)