Namir
From Hebrew, where it carries the sense of leopard or panther. Only about 32 men in Poland go by it, so most people here will never meet one.
Namir Pronunciation
Namir is pronounced NAH-meer (/ˈnamir/).
What Namir means
Where Namir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Namir begins in Hebrew, where namer means leopard. The Arabic namir names the same cat, leopard or tiger, and that association traveled with the sound. The literal sense is an animal, quick and marked with spots.
Polish ears catch something else in the final syllable. Names like Kazimierz and Włodzimierz end in -mir, the Old Polish word for peace. Namir has no Slavic root, yet the -mir resemblance pulls it toward pokój and spokój. That sense of peace was attached later, through likeness of sound rather than descent.
On a class register in a Polish school, Namir sits between Natalia and Nikodem. Short. The teacher reads four letters and moves on. The name holds two meanings at once: a Hebrew leopard and a Polish half-rhyme with peace.
When Namir celebrates name day
Namir appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 1 July.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Namir
1 in 667068 men in Poland is named Namir. 32 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7180 among male names.
Namir's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Namir is most popular
Namir is most popular in Lower Silesian, 1275% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+1275%
Namir as a middle name
Namir is a first name for 32 men in Poland and a middle name for another 9, a 78/22 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3362nd, between Najib (9) and Natanel (9).
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#3360 Naim9
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#3361 Najib9
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#3362 Namir9
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#3363 Natanel9
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#3364 Nesta9