Nimr as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Nimr

What is the meaning of the name Nimr ?

The baby name Nimr is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /nɪmr/ (approx. "NIMR" or "nimr").

Nimr is Arabic in Origin.

Nimr (Arabic: نِمْر) is a masculine Arabic given name and surname meaning “tiger,” also used in some regions and historical texts for “leopard/panther.” It comes from the Semitic root N‑M‑R associated with spotted big cats, and is cognate with Hebrew namer (נמר, “leopard”). As a personal name, it evokes courage, agility, and nobility.

The name appears across the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula, especially in Bedouin and tribal settings where animal epithets signaled valor. Notable bearers include the 18th‑century Bedouin leader‑poet Nimr ibn ʿAdwān and the Saudi cleric Nimr al‑Nimr. It also functions as a hereditary surname (al‑Nimr) in Syria, Palestine, and the Gulf. Common transliterations and variants are Nimr, Nimer, Namir, and Nemr; the definite‑article form al‑/an‑Nimr (“the tiger”) is frequent in surnames. While primarily masculine, it is sometimes adopted today as a unisex given name.

⚙ Nimr is rarely chosen. In all, it turns up just 112 times, across 19 countries.