Amira (also spelled Emira or Ameera) Amirah (

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: अमीरा) (

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: אֲמִירָה ) is an Arabic female given name, meaning "princess ", a Hindi name meaning “princess” or “high born girl,” (derived from Arabic) and a Hebrew female given name, meaning 'treetop' or 'saying'. Variant forms include: Emira, Ameera, Ameerah, Amirah, and Meera.

Usage

The name sees usage mainly in

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First name / given name

* Amira Aisya, Malaysian politician * Amira Ben Amor, Tunisian long-distance runner *

Amira Ben Chaabane Amira Ben Chaabane ( ar, أميرة بن شعبان; born 29 May 1990) is a Tunisian sabre (fencing), sabre fencer; gold medallist at the 2010 African Fencing Championships. She Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification, qualified to ...

, Tunisian sabre fencer *

Amira Bennison Amira K. Bennison is a historian and currently Professor in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in the University of Cambridge and fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Education Bennison studied history at Cambridge, graduating in 1989Unive ...

, aka Kate Bennison, British historian of the Middle East, *

Amira Casar Amira Casar is a British-born actress who grew up in England, Ireland, and France. Early life Amira is the daughter of a Kurds, Kurdish father and a Russian mother. She was born in London and was subsequently raised in England, Ireland, and Fran ...

, French actress *

Amira Dotan Amira Dotan ( he, עמירה דותן, born 28 July 1947) is an Israeli military figure and a former member of Knesset for Kadima. Biography Dotan served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from 1965 to 1988, ending her career as the Head of the ...

, Israeli military figure, politician, former member of Knesset * Amira Edrahi, Libyan swimmer *

Amira El Fadil Amira El Fadil (born 15 January 1967) is a Sudanese government official. She previously held the position of Minister of Social Welfare and Social Insurance for the Government of Sudan. In 2016, she was elected to a four-year term as Commissioner ...

(born 15 January, 1967), Sudanese government official *

Amira Griselda Gómez Amira Griselda Gómez Tueme (born 21 August 1954) is a Mexican people, Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. She currently serves as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Mont ...

, Mexican politician *

Amira Hass Amira Hass ( he, עמירה הס; born 28 June 1956) is an Israeli journalist and author, mostly known for her columns in the daily newspaper ''Haaretz'' covering Palestinian affairs in the West Bank and Gaza, where she has lived for almost th ...

, Israeli journalist and author *

Amira Hess Amira Hess (born in 1943; Baghdad, Iraq) ( he, אמירה הס) is an Israeli poet and artist. Arriving in Israel in 1951, she first lived in an immigrant transit camp, then moved to Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ...

, Iraqi-born Israeli poet and artist *

Amirah Inglis Amirah Inglis (née Gutstadt, then Gust, then Turner, finally Inglis) (7 December 1926 – 2 May 2015) was an Australian communist activist and writer. Biography Inglis was born Amirah Gutstadt in 1926 in Brussels, Belgium, to Itzhak (also kn ...

(1926-2015), Australian communist and writer *

Amira Medunjanin Amira Medunjanin (; born 23 April 1972) is a Bosnian singer and interpreter of sevdalinka. She holds both citizenship of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Biography Medunjanin was born in Sarajevo and her fascination with the Music of Bosnia ...

, female singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina * Amira Nowaira, Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author * Amira Rasheed, American singer *

Amira Sartani Amira Sartani ( he, אמירה סרטני, born 17 November 1931) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Mapam between 1984 and 1988. Biography Born in kibbutz Merhavia during the Mandate ...

, Israeli politician, former member of Knesset *

Amira Selim Amira Selim (born in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian soprano and opera singer, based in France.Catta, Amal Choucri"Continuing discoveries", ''Al-Ahram Weekly'', Issue No. 643, 19–25 June 2003 Life Selim was born in Cairo, the daughter of pianist ...

, Egyptian soprano and opera singer *

Amira Willighagen Amira Willighagen (born 27 March 2004) is a Dutch soprano singer who won the sixth season of '' Holland's Got Talent'' in 2013, at the age of nine. Early life Amira Willighagen speaks both Dutch and Afrikaans because she was born to a Dutch ...

, Dutch singer *

Amira Yoma Amalia Beatriz "Amira" Yoma (born 18 August 1952) is an Argentine political advisor and restaurateur. She is best known for being the Director of Hearings in the presidential administration of her then brother-in-law Carlos Menem, and for being c ...

(born 1952), Argentina political advisor and restaurateur *

Amirah Vann Amirah Charline Vann (born 1980) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing attorney Tegan Price in ''How to Get Away with Murder''. Life and career Amirah Charline Vann was born in 1980, in Queens, New York. Her father is ...

, American actress *

Ameera al-Taweel Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi ( ar, أميرة بنت عيدان بن نايف الطويل العصيمي العتيبي; born 6 November 1983) is a Saudi Arabian philanthropist and former princess. Born into a non-royal cadet ...

, Saudi Arabian princess *

Ameerah Haq Ameerah Haq is a Bangladeshi technocrat who served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support, the highest-ranking Bangladeshi official at the United Nations, from April 2012 until her resignation in July 2014. ...

, Bangladeshi diplomat

Fictional characters

Amira Masood Amira Masood (also Shah) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Preeya Kalidas. The girlfriend, and later wife, of Syed Masood ( Marc Elliott), Amira first appeared on screen in the episode broadcast on 7 Ma ...

, also Shah, fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' *

Emira Blight Emira may refer to: * Emira Island, an island in Papua New Guinea *Lotus Emira, a British sportscar See also *Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male ...

, fictional character from American Disney animated television series ''

The Owl House ''The Owl House'' is an American animated fantasy television series created by Dana Terrace that premiered on Disney Channel on January 10, 2020. The series stars the voices of Sarah-Nicole Robles, Wendie Malick, Alex Hirsch, Tati Gabrielle, Issa ...

Middle name

* Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi, Egyptian boxer

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

References

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