Given name & surname

Phin

Phin is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Phin isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Phin through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2013
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20130.0
Phin in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2013–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 207 as a first name in 2020; 351 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.

Phin’s family of names

Phin may belong to the same name family as PHINN. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Phin’s family in the name graph

PhinPhinnPing平

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Phin, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Griffinn

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Fawzan

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Brogyn

“one who is sturdy; reliable”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Brydin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Niyon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Jcyon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ryahn

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Leiden

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Phin’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Phin

A sister for Phin