Given name & surname
Kamin
“a joyful child”
Kamin is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a joyful child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a joyful child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kamin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 63 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 10 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 boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200 as a first name in 2020; 1,548 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.
Kamin’s family of names
Kamin has a related form in Kamen. Kamin has a related form in Kaman. Kamin has a related form in Kamon.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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