Given name
Nermin
Nermin is a feminine given name from Ottoman Turkish. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Turkish usage, Nermin developed from نرمین.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nermin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 32 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 8 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 girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,102 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nermin’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Nermin developed from the Ottoman Turkish form نرمین. In Ottoman Turkish usage, Nermin is a Roman-alphabet rendering of نرمین.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nermin
- Nermin NikšićBosnian politicianborn 1960
- Nermin Al-FiqyEgyptian actressborn 1972
- Nermin Abadan UnatTurkish politician, lawyer and sociologist (1921–2025)
- Nermin ŠabićBosnian footballerborn 1973
- Nermin YıldırımTurkish writer (born 1980)
- Nermin GözükırmızıTurkish botanist (born 1951)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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