Given name & surname
Simin
“a silvery woman”
Simin is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a silvery woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a silvery woman.”
Where it comes from
Simin is a romanization of سیمین. سیمین comes from Middle Persian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Simin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 5 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 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,251 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.
Simin’s family of names
Simin has a related form in Seemeen. Simin has a related form in Simeen. Simin has a related form in Simyn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Simin
- Simin BehbahaniIranian poet (1927-2014)
- Simin DaneshvarIranian writer (1921–2012)
- Simin PalayFrench Gascon félibre (1874-1965)
- Simin GhanemIranian singerborn 1946
- Simin KeramatiIranian-born Canadian artist (b. 1970)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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