Amr (name)
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Amr (Arabic: عمرو) is an Arabic male name.
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[edit] 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) 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-Aas 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".
[edit] History
The most prominent person in Islam named Amr was Amr ibn al-Aas, the advisor to the fifth Sunni Caliph.
[edit] 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-Aas (c.553–664), military commander, led Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640
- Amr ibn Jarmouz, (fl. 656), killer of Talha
- Amr Ibn Ubayd (died 761), Mu'tazili leader
- Amr Bey, Egyptian squash player
- Amr Moussa (born 1936), secretary-general of the League of Arab States
- Amr Diab (born 1961), Egyptian musician
- Amr Khaled (born 1967), Egyptian activist and preacher
- Amr Shabana (born 1979), Egyptian squash player
- Amr Zaki (born 1983), Egyptian footballer
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