- Origin: Japanese
- Meaning: various
- Gender: feminine
- Pronunciation: AH-mee-ree
- あみり(Japanese Hiragana)
The name is a Japanese female name which can have several different meaning depending on the Kanji used. The following Kanji combinations include:
- 愛 (to love, to adore); 実 (fruit; reality; truth); 理 (principle, logic, reason).
- 愛 (to love, to adore); 実 (fruit; reality; truth); 璃 (glass, crystal, gemstone)
- 愛 (to love, to adore); 実 (fruit; reality; truth); 里 (village, hometown, birthplace)
- 愛 (to love, to adore); 美 (beautiful); 璃 (glass, crystal, gemstone)
- 愛 (to love, to adore); 美 (beautiful); 里 (village, hometown, birthplace)
- 亜 (sub; inferior; Asia); 実 (fruit; reality; truth); 里 (village, hometown, birthplace)
- 亜 (sub; inferior; Asia); ‘心’ (heart; feeling; center); 里 (village, hometown, birthplace)
- 亜 (sub; inferior; Asia); 未 (not yet, un, none); 莉 (jasmine, pear tree).
Other Kanji are possible.
It is also a Persian surname, meaning “of Amir.” It is the name of a American fashion designer, Mark Amiri, who founded the fashion house AMIRI. The latter may be the reason why this name suddenly appeared in the U.S. Top 1000. It has appeared in both the male and female charts, coming in at #521 for males and #876 in 2022.
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