Given name & surname
Matin
“having great strength”
Matin is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “having great strength.”
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 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Matin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 325
- 325 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,499 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,499 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 714 as a first name in 2020; 1,262 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.
Matin’s family of names
Matin has a related form in Matan. Matin has a related form in Maten. Matin has a related form in Maton.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
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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