Given name
Emine
“born into a wealthy family”
Emine is a variant of Emena. One Latin interpretation is “born into a wealthy family.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Emine is a variant of Emena. One Latin interpretation is “born into a wealthy family.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Emine is a variant of Emena. An origin associated with Emena is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish امینه (Emîne), from Arabic أَمِينَة; its root is Arabic ء م ن.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 0 boys · 135 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,016 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Emine’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Emine has a conventional equivalent in the English form Amina. Emine has a related form in Emena. In Turkish usage, Emine has a conventional equivalent in the Kurdish form Emîna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Emine has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Emine
- Emine ErdoğanFirst Lady of the Republic of Turkey (b. 1955)
- Gülbahar HatunConcubine of Mehmed II and mother of Bayezid II
- Emine HatunWife of Mehmed I1398–1449
- Emine DzhaparovaCrimean Tatar politician and journalistborn 1983
- Nazikeda KadınWife of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI (1866–1941)
- Emine Sevgi ÖzdamarTurkish-German writer (born 1946)
- Emine Semiye ÖnasyaTurkish writer (1866–1944)
- Gevheri KadınConsort of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz1856–1884
- Emine SultanOttoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdülaziz1874–1920
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.