Emir (name) explained

Emir
Related Names:	Amir, Ameer
Gender:	male
Meaning:	command, order, prince, local king ^[1]
Origin:	Arabic

Emir is a name derived from the Arabic title Emir or Amir. In Turkish Emir means command, order, prince, local king.^[2] Notable people with the name include:

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emir. Tureng Turkish English Dictionary.
2. Web site: Emir. Turkish Language Society.