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Amiri

Amiri is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly maleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Mostly male
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Arabic and Persian countries
US records 1880–2017
564 male / 127 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Amiri

If you do not know Amiri’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Amiri,” in English, “Guten Tag Amiri,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Amiri,

German

Guten Tag Amiri,

French

Bonjour Amiri,

Spanish

Estimado/a Amiri:

Chinese

Amiri您好：

Japanese

Amiri様

English

Hi Amiri,

German

Hi Amiri,

French

Salut Amiri,

Spanish

Hola Amiri,

Chinese

Amiri你好：

Japanese

Amiriさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Amiri by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonman's name
Arabic and Persian countriesrareman's name

United States birth data

564 male · 127 female · 691 births recorded

Male ≈ 81.6%Female ≈ 18.4%

Records from 1980–2017: 80.7% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Amiri a male or female name?

Amiri is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Amiri in an email?

If you do not know Amiri’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Amiri,” in English, “Guten Tag Amiri,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Amiri a unisex name?

Amiri is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Amiri a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/amiri. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_amiri,
  title  = {Is Amiri a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/amiri},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}