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Mir is a given name. In the majority of cases it is the name originated in the Indian subcontinent. It can also be a part of a two-part given name, such as Mir-Hasan or Mir-Fatah. A number of historical persons are commonly referred by the name starting with honorific "Mir". Notable people with the name starting with "Mir" include:
Mir Munshi, from the Arabic Amir-i-Munshi, 'commander of the secretaries', is the Chief Secretary of the Foreign Office. Mir Umrao , from the Arabic Amir ul-Umara , 'commander of commanders': a senior military officer ranking below a Sardar and charged with the command of a fort and surrounding territories, the training and equipment of ...
Oy vey (Yiddish: אױ װײ) is a Yiddish phrase expressing dismay or exasperation. Also spelled oy vay, oy veh, or oi vey, and often abbreviated to oy, the expression may be translated as "oh, woe!" or "woe is me!" Its Hebrew equivalent is oy vavoy (אוי ואבוי, óy va'avóy).
Well, to me, the 'oy' is plausible enough to be included, as a note at least, but the 'avoy' is definitely too much of a stretch. There are no sources indicating that "oy avoy" was ever used as a phrase prior to the Yiddish "oy vey", and there are no sources indicating an evolution of the word "avoy" to "vey".
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In Urdu (Urdu: عامر) the name has the same meaning as the original in Arabic, meaning ‘prince”. In Pashto (Pashto: امير) the name comes to mean ‘leader’ or ‘boss’. In Hebrew, when spelt אמיר the name means crown (treetop). When spelt עמיר the name means a small sheaf or bundle (of grain, usually wheat or barley) [1]
He was best known for his translation of Amir Khusro's classic epic Qissa Chahar Dervish [1] (The Tale of the Four Dervishes) [2] His translation is considered classic literature itself for its use of contemporary Urdu, and was done on the request of John Borthwick Gilchrist, an English scholar of literature of those days. It in turn was widely ...
Hamid Mir (born 1966), Pakistani journalist, columnist and author; Joan Mir (born 1997), Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle rider, 2020 MotoGP world champion; Joaquin Mir Trinxet (1873–1940), Spanish modenist painter; Magín Mir (born 1970), Spanish footballer; Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810), Urdu poet; Mushaf Ali Mir (1947–2003), Pakistani air officer