Fun Facts About the Name Imir
- 208 babies named Imir: U.S. records list 208 babies given the name Imir from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Imir Mean?
Imir is best explained as a Latin-alphabet spelling of Emir, a name taken from Arabic amīr (أمير), meaning "commander" or "prince." The Arabic noun comes from the root ʾ-m-r, "to command," which also gives amr ("order, command") and the title amīr al-muʾminīn, "commander of the faithful." Because Arabic writing normally leaves short vowels unwritten, the name has been spelled in many ways in European languages - Emir, Amir, Ameer, and Imir among them - so the meaning does not change with the spelling.
Separately, Imir appears in older European writing as a rendering of Old Norse Ymir, the first giant of Norse myth. The meaning of Ymir is not settled. The explanation most often repeated connects it to an old Indo-European word for "twin," the same root behind Sanskrit Yama, but that derivation is a proposal rather than a certainty.
Imir Name History & Origins
The Arabic title amīr was used from the early centuries of Islam for military commanders and provincial governors and later for princes - the sense still preserved in the word emir and in the name of the United Arab Emirates. As a personal name, Emir is common in Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Central Asia as well as in the Arab world. The spelling Imir belongs to that same group of transliterations, in which the Arabic vowels are written differently from one language to another.
The Norse name Ymir is recorded in medieval Icelandic sources: the poems Völuspá and Grímnismál in the Poetic Edda and Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda describe him as the first being, formed in the void Ginnungagap where fire and ice met, and as the ancestor of the giants, from whose body the world was shaped. Old Norse Y was often printed as I or J in older English and German texts - the same habit that turned Yggdrasil into "Igdrasil" - so the giant's name also appears as Imir.
How Popular is the Name Imir?
Imir has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #5,477 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,477 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #7,405 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #7,928 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #7,449 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #6,464 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #9,948 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #7,854 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #9,124 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #9,164 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #9,178 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #11,214 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #10,039 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #6,034 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #10,115 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #7,920 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #13,284 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2007 | #10,178 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #6,915 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #7,264 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #8,644 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #11,041 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #8,188 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #9,366 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #6,743 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Imir Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
Dependable, very down-to-earth and well grounded, you are always looking for meaningful work, a career where you can take pride in your work and do the best job you are capable of. Your prime desire is to build protected and secure environment at home and at work. You can be very persuasive in achieving goals and gaining objectives. You can be very detailed and well-organized and possess great organizational skills. At times you may appear too stubborn and overly critical to others, but your practical approach to life and productivity makes you one of the most beneficent members of community.
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