Aamir

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Amir in US United States, MY Malaysia, GB United Kingdom and 11 more, Amar in IN India, SY Syria, DZ Algeria, Amin in BD Bangladesh, EG Egypt, MA Morocco and Амир in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aamir is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name5.0K records spelled Aamir3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, China

  Also written Aâmir, Âamir

• French given name1.6K records spelled Aamir6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Aåmir, Aàmir, Äâmîr, Âamir

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aamir is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, commander, ruler, leader, master, chief, superior. ySiaall ghee eels es qpetigns 2! hoses who xenjoin: the right and who forbid the wrong." (surat al-Tawbah 9:112). Comp. ‘Aamir yale. prosperous: Ameer 5.21, prince

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, prosperous, full of life, large, substantial. ‘Aamir ibn Sharaahil al-Sha‘bii (d.103 AH): well-known hadith scholar

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 49 years between 1974–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aamir Raza Husainb. 1957INIndian actor
• Aamir Shameenb. 1960PKbadminton player
• Aamir Khanb. 1965INIndian actor
• Aamir Zakib. 1968PKPakistani musician (1968–2017)
• Aamir Liaquat Hussainb. 1971PKpolitician in Pakistan
• Aamir Alib. 1981INIndian television actor
• Aamir Kaleemb. 1981PKcricketer
• Aamir Azizb. 1990INIndian cricketer
• Aamir Abdallahb. 1999SDAustralian footballer (born 1999)
• Aamir Bashirb. 2000INIndian actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 174 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aamir?

We estimate roughly 444 thousand people bear Aamir (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Aamir have the most bearers?

Aamir is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled amar.

How common is Aamir compared with other names?

In India, Aamir is the 57th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Aamir a male or female name?

Aamir is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.