Amir (name)
Amir (also spelled Ameer or Emir, Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-fa, Template:Lang-he, Template:IPA-ar) is a boyish name with two meanings , one is Arabic/Hebraic origin derived from the title Emir in Arabic, and meaning summit of a tree in Hebrew; and other one in Persian is pronounced in the same way but it has a different meaning, it consists of two parts; "A" which means "Un" and "mir" which is the root of the verb "Mordan مُرَدن" ( to die ) , so Amir in Persian means the one who [his sprit and his memory] will never die.
Given name
- Al-Amir bi-Ahkami l-Lah, tenth Fatimid Caliph and recognised as the 20th imam by the Mustaali Ismaili Shi'a sect
- Amir Khan, Hindustani classical vocalist
- Amir Khosrow Afshar (born 1919, date of death unknown), Iranian diplomat
- Ameer Ali, Australian economist and community leader
- Amir Bagheri, Iranian chess grandmaster
- Amir Blumenfeld American comedian/actor
- Ameer Bux Bhutto, Pakistani politician
- Ameer Bukhari, Saudi student pilot
- Amir Derakh, American musician
- Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, former member of Ansar-e Hezbollah and currently a peace and human rights activist living in Germany
- Amir Ghalenoei, Iranian football coach and former player
- Abdul Ameer Yousef Habeeb, Iraqi journalist
- Amir Hamed, Uruguayan writer and translator of Lebanese descent
- Amir Hashemi, Iranian footballer
- Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Iranian economist and politician
- Amir Johnson, American basketball player
- Amir Kabir, aka Mirza Taghi Khan Amir-Nezam, Atabak and Amir-e Nezam; chief minister to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (Shah of Persia)
- Amir Karić, Bosnian-Slovenian footballer
- Amir Reza Khadem, Iranian wrestler
- Amir Khan (British boxer), English boxer
- Amir Khusrow, Indian iconic musician, scholar and poet
- Amir Kror Suri, aka Jahan Pahlawan, Pashtun national history figure and a governor of Mandesh in Ghor
- Amir Mohebbian, Iranian politician, journalist and political analyst
- Amir Mohebi, Iranian footballer
- Amir Mokri, Iranian cinematographer
- Amir Nachumi, Israeli Air Force general
- Amir Naderi, Iranian film director
- Amir Peretz, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Amir Hossein Rabii (died 9 April 1979), Iranian Air Force commander
- Amir Sadollah, American mixed martial artist
- Amir Slama, Brazilian fashion designer
- Amir Spahić, Bosnian footballer
- Ameer Sultan, Tamil film director
- Amir Vahedi (1961–2010), Iranian-born American professional poker player
- Amir Mirza Hekmati, alleged American CIA operative
Middle name
- Mohammad Amir Khatam (1920–1975), commander of the Iranian air force,
Surname
- Abdel Hakim Amer, Egyptian military commander during the Six-Day War
- Eli Amir (born 1937), Israeli writer
- Menashe Amir, Israeli Persian-language broadcaster
- Yigal Amir, the assassin of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin
- Mohammad Amir, Pakistani cricketer banned for spot-fixing
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See also
- Amir (disambiguation)
- Emir (disambiguation)
- Emir (name)
- Amira, female version
- Aamir (disambiguation)
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