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What names are similar to Amir?

If you like Amir, consider Nasir, Samir and Zahir. Like Amir, their spellings end in -ir.

The same sound

Two syllables, ending the same way as Amir.

Nasir Arabic · "helper, protector"
Samir Arabic · companion in evening talk (Arabic root samara, "to talk in the evening")
Zahir Arabic · Arabic name meaning 'shining, radiant'
Adair Scottish · Scottish surname from Gaelic 'Ath-Dàir', 'ford of the oaks'

The same roots

Also Arabic names, from the tradition Amir comes from.

Yasir Arabic · traditionally 'wealthy' or 'ease, prosperity'
Nazir Arabic · traditionally 'warner, adviser'
Munir Arabic · luminous, giving light (from nawwara, 'to illuminate')
Ammar Arabic · traditionally 'long-lived, one who builds/flourishes'

Names of the same moment

Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Amir, on a similar curve.

Mahir Arabic · "skilled" in Arabic, a name also used in Turkish and Bosnian
Jahmir Arabic · modern blend of 'Jah' and Amir, 'prince'
Anwar Arabic · luminous, brighter, radiant
Ayoub Arabic · a form of Ayyub, the Arabic form of Job, from the Hebrew name Iyyov, "persecuted, hated"
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