Meaning & origin
What it means
Mumin goes back to Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin), meaning “believer.”
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How it developed
From Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin, “believer”); its root is Arabic ء م ن.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mumin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 132
- 132 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,563 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −63%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,563 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 271 as a first name in 2020; 695 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.
Mumin’s family of names
In Bengali usage, Mumin is a Roman-alphabet rendering of মুমিন. In Chakma usage, Mumin is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 𑄟𑄪𑄟𑄨𑄚𑄴.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mumin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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