Amira (name)
Amira is a feminine name meaning princess, commander, or ruler. It is the female version of the masculine name Amir. Both names are derived from the Arabic word.
In the Balkans, Amira is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations.
Given name
Ameera
- Ameera Lee, Australian Paralympic archer
- Ameera al-Taweel, former Saudi princess
Ameerah
- Princess Ameerah Wardatul Bolkiah, Bruneian princess
- Ameerah (singer), Belgian-Tunisian singer
- Ameerah Bello, American Virgin Islander sprinter
- Ameerah Falzon-Ojo, British actress
- Ameerah Haq, Bangladeshi United Nations official
Amira
- 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 Bouraoui, French-Algerian political activist
- 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, Iraqi poet
- Amira Dotan, Israeli military figure, politician, former member of Knesset
- Amira Edrahi, Libyan swimmer
- Amira El Fadil, 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
- 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, British singer
- Amira de la Rosa, 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, Argentina political advisor and restaurateur
- Amira Virgil, American gaming content creator and activist
Amirah
- Amirah Inglis, Australian communist and writer
- Amirah Vann, American actress
Emira
- Emira D'Spain, Emirati-American model
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 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
Fictional characters
- Ameera Ali Aziz, a character on the television drama As the World Turns played by Tala Ashe
- Amira Masood, also Shah, fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders played by Preeya Kalidas
- Emira Blight, a fictional character from the American animated television series ''The Owl House''
Other
- Hanan Ahmed Mohamed, Egyptian singer who goes by the name Amira