Amira

Amira (Arabic أميرة, Amīrah DMG ) is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

The name Amira comes from the Persian -speaking world and literally means " Queen, Empress, Princess ," or is it " female ruler " ( ie, it is owned by the sole power if no male succession is available as a brother, half - or stepbrother ). It is made of pre-Islamic times Bactrian origin, ie she has both Zoroastrian and Buddhist roots. The name Amira was transferred to the subsequent forcible these regions in the Arabic speaking world, it is therefore not of Arab origin.

Name winners

• Amira Casar (born 1971 ), British- French actress
• Amira Hass (Hebrew עמירה הס; b. 1956 ), Israeli journalist and author