Amira
A Hebrew name that means "princess". Barely 500 women in Poland carry it, so most people have never met one, though the name has lately started climbing among newborn girls.
Amira Pronunciation
Amira is pronounced ah-MEE-rah (/aˈmira/).
What Amira means
Where Amira comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Amira reaches Polish parents by two roads that meet at the same word. Its root is Hebrew, and in Arabic amira (أميرة) is the feminine of amir, the title of a prince, which gives the plain meaning: princess. The Hebrew and the Arabic sit close here, and the sense of rank travels with the name from both sides.
In Poland the name has no diminutive of its own and no boys' twin. Amira stands as it is. That leaves it short on a class register, three syllables a Polish teacher reads without stumbling.
The Polish meaning, księżniczka, keeps the royal thread without asking for a crown. A girl named Amira holds a title she never has to earn. When the name lands on a form at the urząd, the clerk writes princess without knowing it.
How many people are named Amira
1 in 45821 women in Poland is named Amira. 494 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1320 among female names.
Amira's popularity over time
17 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #547 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2006.
Where parents choose Amira
Amira is most popular in Masovian, 113% above the national average (23 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+108%) and Lublin (+59%). It is least common in Silesian and Łódź, 71% and 48% below average respectively.
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Masovian
+113%1 in 15,403 babies
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Lower Silesian
+108%1 in 15,713 babies
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Lublin
+59%1 in 20,535 babies
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Silesian
−71%1 in 113,792 babies
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Łódź
−48%1 in 63,359 babies
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Greater Poland
−39%1 in 53,811 babies
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Masovian+113% 23 born1 in 15,403 babies+113%
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Lower Silesian+108% 10 born1 in 15,713 babies+108%
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Lublin+59% 5 born1 in 20,535 babies+59%
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Opole+42% 2 born1 in 23,048 babies+42%
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Pomeranian+33% 6 born1 in 24,554 babies+33%
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Lubusz+32% 2 born1 in 24,829 babies+32%
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Podlaskie±0% 2 born1 in 32,893 babies±0%
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Lesser Poland−13% 6 born1 in 37,819 babies−13%
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West Pomeranian−22% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies−22%
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Greater Poland−39% 4 born1 in 53,811 babies−39%
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Łódź−48% 2 born1 in 63,359 babies−48%
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Silesian−71% 2 born1 in 113,792 babies−71%
Amira as a middle name
Amira is a first name for 494 women in Poland and a middle name for another 75, an 87/13 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 769th, between Amina (75) and An (75).
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#767 Tadeusza76
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#768 Amina75
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#769 Amira75
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#770 An75
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#771 Faith75