The term is borrowed from the contrapuntal technique of suspension, where a note from a previous chord is carried over to the next chord, and then resolved down to the third or tonic, suspending a note from the previous chord.
Muslim Meaning: The name Amir is a Muslim baby name. In Muslim the meaning of the name Amir is: Populous. Full. Prosperous. Amply settled. Civilized. Also used to refer to a prince or ruler.
The name Amira is ranked on the 1,698th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used. We estimate that there are at least 258800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Amira has five characters.