Emir (name)

Emir is a male given name. It is derived from the Arabic title Emir or Amir. In Turkish, Emir means command, order, prince, local king.^[2]

Emir

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	command, order, prince, local king [1]
Other names
Variant form(s)	Elmir
Related names	Amir, Ameer

In the Balkans, Emir is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name is a modification to the name Amir. This region also has a female equivalent: Emira.

Given name

• Emir (singer) (born 1980), Turkish pop singer
• Emir Batur Albayrak (born 2007), Turkish Olympian swimmer
• Emir Bekrić, Serbian hurdler
• Emir Işılay, Turkish musician
• Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
• Emir Lokmić, male alpine skier from Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Emir Mkademi, Tunisian football (soccer) player
• Emir Mutapčić (born 1960), Bosnian basketball player and coach
• Emir Preldžič, Turkish basketball player of Bosnian origin
• Emir Spahić, Bosnian football (soccer) player

Honorific title

• Arslan family (Lebanon)
  • Emir Shakib Arslan
  • Emir Majid Arslan
  • Emir Faysal Arslan, son of Emir Majid Arslan
  • Emir Talal Arslan, son of Emir Majid Arslan
• Emir Fakhr-al-Din II
• Shihab family (Lebanon)
  • Emir Bashir I
  • Emir Bashir Shihab II
  • Emir Bashir III

See also

• Amir (name)
• Amir (disambiguation)
• Emir (disambiguation)
• Emirate, a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim monarch styled emir. It also means principality.