Zamir (name)

Zamir is both a given name and surname multiple origins in Israeli, Arabic, Albanian, and Russian culture.

• In Hebrew, "Zamir" is a transliteration of Hebrew: זמיר‎, meaning "singer" (rarely, for a male singer with a high pitched voice) or "nightingale".[1]

• In Arabic, "Zamir" (Arabic: ضمیر‎) means "heart" or "conscience".[2][3][4] This is properly transliterated as Ḍamīr, but commonly appears as Zamir or Zameer or Damir or Dameer

• In Albania, "Zamir" is a male given name which means "good voice", from "za"= "voice" + "mir" = "good". The feminine form of the name is Zamira. [1]

• In Russian, the meaning is "for peace" ("za" = "for" + "mir"= "peace").[[ Zamir or Zameer meaning antertainer , actor

Israeli surname

• Zvi Zamir (born 1925), soldier and espionage chief
• Yitzhak Zamir (born 1931), judge
• Hagai Zamir (born 1951), paralympic champion
• Miri Zamir, Miss Israel 1968
• Zamir Cohen (born 1965), rabbi and writer
• Daniel Zamir (born 1981), saxophonist

Muslim given name

• Zamir Jafri (1916 – 1999), Pakistani poet
• Zamir Niazi (1932 - 2004), Pakistani journalist
• Zamir Ali Badayuni (born 1941), Pakistani writer
• Zameer Sattaur (born 1963), Guyanese-American imam and teacher
• Zamir Kabulov (born 1954), Russian diplomat
• Zameer Rizvi (born 1981), Pakistani-Canadian singer and musician
• Muhd Zameer Zainun (born 1990), Malaysian footballer
• Zameer Ahmed Khan, Indian politician
• Hassan Zamir, Information Science Scholar, USA (from Bangladesh)

See also

• Zamir (disambiguation)

References

1. 20000 names website
2. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
3. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
4. J. Milton Cowan (ed.) (1994). The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Ithaca: Spoken Language Services.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)