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First name origin & meaning:

Arabic: Princely

First name variations: Aamir, Aamer, Amire, Amiri, Ameer, Amyr

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ‛amīr ‘prince’, ‘commander’, ‘master’. ‛Amri-al-Mu’minīn ‘commander of the faithful’ was a title of Muslim khalifs.
  2. Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ‛āmir ‘prosperous’.
  3. Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Arabic name.