Zamira
Fewer than seventy Polish women carry it, and no girl has been given it in over two decades: most Poles will never meet a Zamira. The name comes from Hebrew, with the sense of "good voice".
Zamira Pronunciation
Zamira is pronounced zah-MEE-rah (/zaˈmira/).
What Zamira means
Where Zamira comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zamira begins in Hebrew, in the root zemer, meaning song or melody. The same root gives zamir, the nightingale, a bird named for its voice. The word zamir appears in the Song of Songs, in a verse about the season of birdsong. So the English gloss of the name, "good voice," has a clear source.
The name is also tied to the Arabic-speaking world, where Zamira has long been given to girls. In Polish the meaning shifted toward piękna, urocza, beautiful and lovely. That charm was attached to the name later, after its Hebrew origin had faded from view.
The name keeps no diminutives.
On a Polish class register, Zamira stands apart from names like Zofia and Zuzanna, a Z name with roots much further east. Inside it the nightingale remains, in the old sense of good voice.
How many people are named Zamira
1 in 357839 women in Poland is named Zamira. 63 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4648 among female names.
Zamira as a middle name
Zamira is a first name for 63 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 95/5 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 5372nd, between Zakia (3) and Zandile (3).
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#5370 Zaira3
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#5371 Zakia3
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#5372 Zamira3
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#5373 Zandile3
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#5374 Zdobysława3