Amir
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, emir, admiral, and amira.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Amir (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Amir has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 32 |
| 1999 | 26 |
| 2000 | 27 |
| 2001 | 26 |
| 2002 | 26 |
| 2003 | 29 |
| 2004 | 31 |
| 2005 | 37 |
| 2006 | 26 |
| 2007 | 45 |
| 2008 | 46 |
| 2009 | 46 |
| 2010 | 64 |
| 2011 | 66 |
| 2012 | 70 |
| 2013 | 81 |
| 2014 | 84 |
| 2015 | 94 |
| 2016 | 101 |
| 2017 | 128 |
| 2018 | 145 |
| 2019 | 140 |
| 2020 | 158 |
| 2021 | 120 |
| 2022 | 127 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,493 |
| 2000 | 1,536 |
| 2001 | 1,592 |
| 2002 | 1,664 |
| 2003 | 1,731 |
| 2004 | 1,780 |
| 2005 | 1,833 |
| 2006 | 1,949 |
| 2007 | 2,040 |
| 2008 | 2,133 |
| 2009 | 2,238 |
| 2010 | 2,364 |
| 2011 | 2,527 |
| 2012 | 2,678 |
| 2013 | 2,865 |
| 2014 | 3,037 |
| 2015 | 3,220 |
| 2016 | 3,501 |
| 2017 | 3,904 |
| 2018 | 4,248 |
| 2019 | 4,552 |
| 2020 | 4,769 |
Amir in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Amir.Hi! My name is Amir.
- Har du träffat Amir? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Amir? He started working here on Monday.
- Amir har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Amir has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Amirs mamma är lärare.Amir's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Amirs mamma is Amir's mum.
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Questions about Amir
How do you pronounce Amir in Swedish?
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What does the name Amir mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, emir, admiral, and amira.
How popular is Amir in Sweden?
127 babies were named Amir in 2022. In 2020, 4,769 people in Sweden had Amir as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.