Amirah

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology 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◐

Amirah 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 name576 records spelled Amirah2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Amīrah

• Bangla given name570 records spelled Amirah5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Bangladesh, United States, India

  Also written Ameerah, আমিরাহ

44 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●

Amirah is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• To command,

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• Chieftess,

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• In Yoruba, Princess, Queen and woman leader

  as a word·YorubaName Dictionary (CC0, tone-marked Yoruba names with meaning/etymology)

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) — 50 years between 1976–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Amirah Inglisb. 1926AUAustralian communist and author
• Amirah Ladasanb. 1974PHFilipino activist
• Amirah Vannb. 1980USAmerican actress
• Amirah Adarab. 1992HUHungarian pornographic actress
• Amirah Jb. 2007USactress

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 · 236 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Amirah?

We estimate roughly 6.1 thousand people bear Amirah (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Amirah have the most bearers?

Amirah is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled amirah.

How common is Amirah compared with other names?

In Malaysia, Amirah is the 74th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.

Is Amirah a male or female name?

Amirah is a female 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.

What does the name Amirah mean?

Recorded meaning: ‫عامرہ‬ rich; royal; flourishing;