Given name & surname
Fermin
“having great strength”
Fermin is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “having great strength.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish use, Fermin is used as a form of Firmin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Fermin is a form of Firmin. The history of Firmin gives this family its wider story. Firmin’s historical associations include several early saints, including the first and third bishops of Amiens.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Fermin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,832
- 4,832 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 86 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #3,880 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,880 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,361 as a first name in 2020; 5,369 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.
Fermin’s family of names
Fermin shares a linguistic root with Firmin. Fermin has a related form in Ferman. Fermin has a related form in Firman.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Fermanvariant
- Firmanvariant
- Fermonvariant
- Fermenvariant
- Firminvariant · French
- Firmunvariant
- Fermunvariant
- Firmonvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
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.
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