MEANING & HISTORY
What does Emir mean?
The researched exact entry identifies Emir as a Turkish form and Bosnian variant of Arabic Amir. The independently consulted Amir entry gives commander or prince and explains the title’s later use as a name.
The recorded personal name does not confer a political or hereditary rank.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
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Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
EMIRCSV record 8,348 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Emir in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Emir
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Amir♂Commander or prince
- Emil♂From Roman Aemilius, traditionally linked to “rival”
- Emak♀Familiar form of Emma
- Eman♂Faith, in the Arabic Iman tradition
- Ember·A glowing piece of fuel after a fire
- Emiko♀Favour + beauty + child in the 恵美子 spelling
- Emily♀English feminine of the Roman family name Aemilius
- Emma♀Whole or great; from Germanic irmin names
What rhymes with Emir?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name: Emir (opens in a new tab)
Exact form and documented name relationship.
- Behind the Name: Amir (1) (opens in a new tab)
Arabic commander / prince and title-to-name history.