Amira (also spelled Ameerah or Ameera) (Arabic: أميرة) is an Arabic female given name. Its meaning is "Rich/Princess"
Variant forms include: Amera, Amerah, Amirah, Amyra, Amyrah, Meera, Meerah, Mera, Merah, Mira and Mirah.
It is a very common name in North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia like in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia and in India.
Ameera al-Taweel, Saudi Arabian princess
Ameera Ali Aziz, fictional character on CBS's As the World Turns
Ameerah Haq, Bangladeshi diplomat
Amira Ahmed, Somali-Filipino model
Amira Ben Amor, Tunisian long-distance runner
Amira Ben Chaabane, Tunisian sabre fencer
Amira Bennison, aka Kate Bennison, British historian of the Middle East,
Amira Casar, French actress
Amira Dotan, Israeli military figure, politician, former member of Knesset
Amira Edrahi, Libyan swimmer
Amira Griselda Gómez, Mexican politician
Amira Hass, Israeli journalist and author
Amira Hess, Iraqi-born Israeli poet and artist
Amira Nowaira, Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author
Amira Sartani, Israeli politician, former member of Knesset
Amira Selim, Egyptian soprano and opera singer
Amira Willighagen, Dutch singer
Fictional characters
Amira Masood, also Shah, fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi, Egyptian boxer
Efraim Amira, Israeli football (soccer) player
Ibn Amira, or Ahmad ibn Abd Allah Ibn Amira, 12th century historian, poet, and scholar of law from al-Andalus during the reign of the Almohad dynasty
