Amira (أميرة ʾamīrah) is a feminine name meaning princess, commander, or ruler.^[1] It is the female version of the masculine name Amir. Both names are derived from the Arabic word Emir: أمير.^[2]

In the Balkans, Amira is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations.^[3]

• Ameera Lee (born 1974), Australian Paralympic archer
• Ameera al-Taweel (born 1983), former Saudi princess

• Princess Ameerah Wardatul Bolkiah (born 2008), Bruneian princess
• Ameerah (singer) (born 1983), Belgian-Tunisian singer
• Ameerah Bello (born 1975), American Virgin Islander sprinter
• Ameerah Falzon-Ojo (born 2002), British actress
• Ameerah Haq, Bangladeshi United Nations official

• Amira Abdelrasoul, Canadian researcher and associate professor
• Amira Aisya, Malaysian politician
• Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz, Malaysian politician
• Amira Mohamed Ali, German politician
• Amira Ben Amor, Tunisian long-distance runner
• Amira Arfaoui, Swiss footballer
• Amira Ben Chaabane, Tunisian sabre fencer
• Amira Bouraoui, French-Algerian political activist
• Amira Charfeddine, Tunisian novelist
• Amira Bennison, aka Kate Bennison, British historian of the Middle East
• Amira Casar, French actress
• Amira Daugherty, American singer and rapper
• Amira Nur al-Din (1925–2020), Iraqi poet
• Amira Dotan, Israeli military figure, politician, former member of Knesset
• Amira Edrahi, Libyan swimmer
• Amira El Fadil (born 1967), Sudanese government official
• Amira Elghawaby, Canadian journalist, communications professional, and human rights activist
• Amira Griselda Gómez, Mexican politician
• Amira Osman Hamed, Sudanese women's rights activist
• Amira Hass, Israeli journalist and author
• Amira Hess, Iraqi-born Israeli poet and artist
• Amira Ismail, Maldivian actress
• Amira Kandil, Egyptian modern pentathlete
• Amira Khatun, Seljuk princess, daughter of sultan Ahmad Sanjar, and wife of Abbasid caliph al-Mustarshid
• Amira Kheris, Algerian canoeist
• Amira Kouza, Algerian swimmer and triathlete
• Amira Medunjanin, female singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Amira Nowaira, Egyptian academic, translator, columnist and author
• Amira Oron, Israeli diplomat and ambassador to Egypt
• Amira Rasheed, British singer
• Amira de la Rosa (1895–1974), Colombian playwright, poet, journalist, and writer
• Amira Spahić, Bosnian footballer
• Amira Sartani, Israeli politician, former member of Knesset
• Amira El Sayed, Austrian actress and author
• Amira Selim, Egyptian soprano and opera singer
• Amira Willighagen, Dutch singer
• Amira Yahyaoui, Tunisian entrepreneur, blogger and human rights activist
• Amira Yoma (born 1952), Argentina political advisor and restaurateur
• Amira Virgil, American gaming content creator and activist

• Amirah Inglis (1926–2015), Australian communist and writer
• Amirah Vann (born 1980), American actress

• Emira D'Spain (born 1996), Emirati-American model

• Khalil Amira El-Maghrabi (1914–1976), Egyptian boxer
• Safiyya Amira Shaikh (born 1983), British woman convicted of plotting to bomb St Paul's Cathedral

• Efraim Amira (born 1949), Israeli football (soccer) player
• Ibn Amira (1186- 1258/60), or Ahmad ibn Abd Allah Ibn Amira, the 12th-century historian, poet, and scholar of law from al-Andalus during the reign of the Almohad dynasty
• Patricia Amira, Kenyan women's and girls' rights advocate

• Ameera Ali Aziz, a character on the television drama As the World Turns played by Tala Ashe
• Amira Masood, also Shah, fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders played by Preeya Kalidas
• Emira Blight, a fictional character from the American animated television series The Owl House

• Hanan Ahmed Mohamed (born 1974), Egyptian singer who goes by the name Amira

• Emir
• Amira (disambiguation)