Name meaning & stats
Amr
Amr means “prince, commander” (Arabic origin). 976 US babies since 1940, peak 2007. Notable Amrs are 1.5× over-represented as actors.
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: 2007
976 US babies were named Amr between 1940 and 2025.
Amr around the world
- Sweden: 44 babies since 1998, peak 2021, No. 1,196 in 2022
- England & Wales: 206 babies since 1996, peak 2006, No. 3,657 in 2025
- France: 120 babies since 1900, peak 2004
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Amrs end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Actor | 1.5× | Low · 8 people |
| Writer | 1.4× | Low · 7 people |
| Footballer | 0.8× | Low · 6 people |
| Politician | 0.8× | Low · 5 people |
Among notable men who are actors, Amrs show up 1.5× 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 97 Amirs spell it Amr
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)