Amr (name)
Amr (Arabic: عمرو) is an Arabic male name.
Etymology
It is most commonly written as "Amr", but sometimes mistakenly written as "Umar". The word is derived from the tri-literal Arabic root (ع م ر و) meaning "to live a long time."
When the Arabic letter wāw is added to the end of the Arabic name Umar, the name changes to "Amr". Although very close in writing in Arabic, they are two different names, though sometimes the one is transliterated as the other, so 'Amr ibn al-'As is sometimes transliterated as "Umar ibn al-Aas". In the same way, it is possible to find Umar ibn al-Khattab transliterated as "Amr ibn al-Khattab". The transcription of "Amr" as "Amro" or "Amru" is not correct and mostly due to ignorance of the correct pronunciation of the name.
History
The most prominent person in Islam named Amr was 'Amr ibn al-'As, the advisor to the fifth Sunni Caliph.
People
- Amr ibn Kulthum (died 584), leader of the Taghlab tribe
- Amr ibn Hishām (died 624), Meccan leader also known as Abu Jahl
- Amr ibn Abd al-Wud (died 627), champion of Quraish
- 'Amr ibn al-'As (c.553–664), military commander, led Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640
- Amr ibn Jarmouz, (fl. 656), killer of Talha
- Amr ibn Khalid (died 680), one of the Companions of Husayn ibn Ali
- Amr ibn Ubayd (died 761), Mu'tazili leader
- Amr ibn al-Layth (died 902), ruler of the Saffarid dynasty of Iran
- Amr ibn Maymun, one of the Ansar companions of Muhammad
- Amr bin Mohammad Al Saud, Saudi businessman
- Amr Makhlouf, Famous Egyptian Hotelier
- F. D. Amr Bey (1910- ?), Egyptian diplomat and squash player
- Amr Adel (born 1980), Egyptian footballer
- Amr Darrag (born 1958), Egyptian engineer and politician
- Amr Diab (born 1961), Egyptian musician
- Amr Fahim (born 1976), Egyptian footballer
- Amr Ghoneim, Egyptian tennis player
- Amr Hamed (died 1998), Canadian killed by US bombing in Afghanistan
- Amr Hamzawy (born 1968), Egyptian political scientist
- Amr El Halwani (born 1985), Egyptian footballer
- Amr Khaled (born 1967), Egyptian activist and preacher
- Amro Jenyat (born 1993), Syrian footballer
- Amer el-Maati (born 1963), Canadian accused of terrorism
- Amr Mostafa (born 1979) Egyptian singer
- Amr Moussa (born 1936), secretary-general of the League of Arab States
- Amr El-Safty (born 1982), Egyptian footballer
- Amr Samaka (born 1983), Egyptian footballer
- Amr Shabana (born 1979), Egyptian squash player
- Amr Sobhy (born 1988), Egyptian information activist, author and poet
- Amr Al-Sulaya (born 1990), Egyptian footballer
- Amr Waked (born 1973), Egyptian actor
- Amr Zaki (born 1983), Egyptian footballer
- Amr Abdel Waheb El Helbawi (born 1989), Philadelphia based Egyptian engineer
- Surname
- Mohamed Kamel Amr (born 1942), Egyptian diplomat
- Nabil Amr (born 1947), Palestinian politician
Other uses
- Amr (or Amhar), a son of legendary King Arthur
- Banu Amr — a tribe
- Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace, a palace in Egypt