Given name & surname
Amin
“one who faithful and trustworthy”
Amin is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who faithful and trustworthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who faithful and trustworthy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,440
- 3,440 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 106 babies
- 2025
- 106
- #1,603 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 106 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,603 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (15). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,717 as a first name in 2020; 14,315 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amin’s family of names
In French usage, Amin has a related form in Amine. In French usage, Amin has a related form in Amine. In English usage, Amin has a related form in Ameen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amin has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Amenvariant · English
- Ameenavariant
- Ameenvariant · English
- Laminevariant · French, English
- Aminevariant · French
- Amminlikely variant
- Aminnlikely variant
- Amynvariant
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Amin
- Amin MaaloufFrancophone Lebanese writer based in Francesborn 1949
- Amine Gemayelformer Lebanese presidentborn 1942
- Amin YounesGerman association football playerborn 1993
- Amin al-Hafiz3rd President of the Syrian Arab Republic (1921–2009)
- Amin AffaneSwedish footballerborn 1994
- Amin MirzazadehIranian amateur wrestlerborn 1998
- Amien RaisIndonesian politician (born 1944)
- Amin TabatabaeiIranian chess playerborn 2001
- Ibn AbidinOttoman jurisprudence expert1784–1836
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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