Amira (name)

Amira (also spelled Emira or Ameera) Amirah (Arabic: أميرة) is an Arabic female given name, meaning "princess ", a Hindi name meaning “princess” or “high born girl,” (derived from Arabic) {{cite web|Variant forms include: Emira, Ameera, Ameerah, Amirah, and Meera. {{TOC right}}

Usage
The name sees usage mainly in North Africa, West Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

First name / 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