Imer

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Имер in MK North Macedonia.

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.

Attested across 2 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◐

Imer is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Albanian given name3.5K records spelled Imer3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Kosovo, United States, Italy

  Also written Imër, Ímêr

• German given name1.4K records spelled Imer3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, Kosovo

  Also written Ìmer, Imér

• French given name737 records spelled Imer4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, Peru, United States

  Also written Imér, Imèr

• Hungarian given name185 records spelled Imer2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Hungary, United States, India

  Also written Imér

• Amharic given name171 records spelled Imer3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kosovo, United States, Italy

  Also written እመር, Ïmer

38 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●

Imer 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 English, Someone who uses instant messaging.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, Çok zengin, varlıklı.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

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●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 145 years between 1870–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Imer von Ramsteinb. 1400bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
• Imer Brizanib. 1958XKSlovenian musicologist
• Imer Selmanib. 1968MKpolitician
• Imer Machadob. 1973COAtletico Nacional
• Imer Aliub. 1977MKMacedonian politician

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 · 342 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Imer?

We estimate roughly 2.7 thousand people bear Imer (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Imer have the most bearers?

Imer is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled imer.

How common is Imer compared with other names?

In Kosovo, Imer is the 27th most common given name of 6,371 given names recorded there.

Is Imer a male or female name?

Imer 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.