Name meaning & stats
Amer
Amer means “prince, commander” (Arabic origin). 1,445 US babies since 1940, peak 2003. Notable Amers are 1.4× over-represented as professors.
What it means
“prince, commander”
ArabicSpelling of Amir
Amir around the world
- Амир · Russian
- Амір · Ukrainian
- Αμιράς · Greek
- أمير · Arabic
- אמיר · Hebrew
- アミル · Japanese
- 阿米尔 · Chinese
- Àmir
Famous Amirs
- Amir Khusrau · Indian poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)
- Amir · French-Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1984)
- Amir Abrashi · Albanian-Swiss association football player (born 1990)
- Amir Pnueli · Israeli computer scientist (1941–2009) researching temporal logic, mod
In US birth records
Peak year: 2003
1,445 US babies were named Amer between 1940 and 2025.
Amer around the world
- Sweden: 132 babies since 1998, peak 1999, No. 651 in 2022
- England & Wales: 189 babies since 1996, peak 2007, No. 2,437 in 2025
- France: 110 babies since 1900, peak 2025, No. 2,933 in 2025
- Norway: 137 babies since 1945, peak 1980
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Amers end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | 1.4× | Low · 5 people |
| Footballer | 1.1× | Low · 5 people |
| Politician | 1.0× | Low · 4 people |
| Actor | 1.1× | Low · 3 people |
Among notable men who are professors, Amers show up 1.4× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 66 Amirs spell it Amer
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2003)