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Zamira

Zamira: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“thought; conscience”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
zah-MEER-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Commonly derived from Arabic damir/zamir meaning mind, thought, or conscience, though usage also overlaps with Slavic forms. The name has multiple traditions and etymologies.

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How popular is Zamira?

202442.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Zamira in 2024138

2024 rank#1,542 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,531

Zamira is rising: use over the last five years is 3.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zamira

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Zamira questions

What does the name Zamira mean?

Zamira means "thought; conscience". It comes from Arabic. Commonly derived from Arabic damir/zamir meaning mind, thought, or conscience, though usage also overlaps with Slavic forms. The name has multiple traditions and etymologies.

Is Zamira a boy or girl name?

Zamira is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zamira?

138 US babies were named Zamira in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Zamira?

Zamira is usually pronounced zah-MEER-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.