Given name & surname
Jamin
“the right hand of favor”
Jamin is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “the right hand of favor.”
Original Hebrewימין
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “the right hand of favor.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From Hebrew יָמִין (yamin, “right hand or right side”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jamin appears in Numbers 26:12.
From biblical name research
Jamin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,584
- 3,446 boys · 138 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 144 babies
- 2025
- 34
- #3,403 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 34 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,403 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 135 in 1979. In 2025, Indiana had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,210 as a first name in 2020; 223 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.
Jamin’s family of names
Jamin has a related form in Jamon. Jamin has a related form in Jamiel. Jamin has a related form in Jaymin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jayminvariant
- Jamonvariant
- Jamianvariant
- Jamielvariant
- Jaimonvariant
- Jaiminvariant
- Jaemonvariant
- Jaymonvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jamin
- Jamie RaskinAmerican lawyer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Maryland since 2017born 1962
- Jay BriscoeAmerican professional wrestler (1984–2023)
- Jamin OlivenciaAmerican professional wrestlerborn 1985
- Jamin WinansAmerican filmmaker and composerborn 1977
- Jamin DavisAmerican football player (born 1998)
- Acid BettyAmerican drag queenborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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