Amira
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Amir. Borrowed from Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Amira (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, Amira has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 21 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2007 | 23 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| 2009 | 16 |
| 2010 | 29 |
| 2011 | 30 |
| 2012 | 45 |
| 2013 | 42 |
| 2014 | 57 |
| 2015 | 50 |
| 2016 | 59 |
| 2017 | 50 |
| 2018 | 67 |
| 2019 | 88 |
| 2020 | 68 |
| 2021 | 84 |
| 2022 | 69 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 487 |
| 2000 | 516 |
| 2001 | 538 |
| 2002 | 570 |
| 2003 | 591 |
| 2004 | 625 |
| 2005 | 655 |
| 2006 | 696 |
| 2007 | 737 |
| 2008 | 775 |
| 2009 | 808 |
| 2010 | 858 |
| 2011 | 904 |
| 2012 | 976 |
| 2013 | 1,069 |
| 2014 | 1,153 |
| 2015 | 1,260 |
| 2016 | 1,412 |
| 2017 | 1,520 |
| 2018 | 1,658 |
| 2019 | 1,794 |
| 2020 | 1,876 |
Amira in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Amira.Hi! My name is Amira.
- Amira bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Amira lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Amira i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Amira this afternoon.
- Amiras mamma är lärare.Amira's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Amiras mamma is Amira's mum.
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Questions about Amira
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What does the name Amira mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Amir. Borrowed from Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).
How popular is Amira in Sweden?
69 babies were named Amira in 2022. In 2020, 1,876 people in Sweden had Amira as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2019 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.