Amira is an Arabic name meaning "princess" or "commander", the feminine form of Amir, the title of a ruler. The same spelling also exists in Hebrew, where it is read as "treetop" or "saying". In the United States Amira climbed from number 835 in 2000 to number 283 in 2019 and then jumped to number 131 in 2023; in 2025 it ranks 132nd among girls' names.