Emir
A Turkish name meaning prince or commander. It stays rare in Poland, carried by fewer than 500 men and boys, but it's climbing: more boys got it last year than in years past, and only boys ever do.
Emir Pronunciation
Emir is pronounced E-meer (/ˈɛmir/).
What Emir means
Where Emir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Emir comes from Arabic, from amīr, a word for a commander or a prince. The same root gives the title emir and the emirates named for their rulers. In Turkish the name settled into ordinary life, carried by boys in Istanbul and Ankara long before it turned up on a Polish class register.
A ruler here need not be a man on a throne. In its oldest use the word marked whoever led the march and gave the orders. That military sense is why the same Arabic root sits inside the word admiral, which passed into European languages centuries ago.
In Poland the name comes without diminutives. Emir is short already. On an official form at the urząd it fills the line cleanly, four letters and no softening. The meaning the Turks kept comes with it: prince, commander, ruler.
How many people are named Emir
1 in 46204 men in Poland is named Emir. 462 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1374 among male names.
Emir's popularity over time
14 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #608 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2010.
Where Emir is most popular
Emir is most popular in Masovian, 122% above the national average (16 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+98%) and Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+80%). It is least common in Pomeranian and Greater Poland, 33% and 9% below average respectively.
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Masovian16 boys born+122%
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Lubusz2 boys born+98%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian4 boys born+80%
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Łódź4 boys born+55%
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Lesser Poland6 boys born+30%
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Lower Silesian4 boys born+25%
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Lublin2 boys born−4%
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Greater Poland4 boys born−9%
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Pomeranian2 boys born−33%
Emir as a middle name
Emir is a first name for 462 men in Poland and a middle name for another 75, an 86/14 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 824th, between Yann (76) and Enzo (75).
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#822 Tuan76
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#823 Yann76
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#824 Emir75
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#825 Enzo75
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#826 Fredrik75