Meaning, origin and history of the name Amin

Gender Masculine

Scripts أمين(Arabic) امین(Persian, Urdu)

Pronounced Pron. /ʔa.ˈmiːn/(Arabic) /ʔæ.ˈmiːn/(Persian) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from Arabic أمين (ʾamīn) meaning "truthful". This was the name of the sixth Abbasid caliph.

VariantAmine(Arabic (Maghrebi))

Feminine FormsAmina, Aminah(Arabic)

Other Languages & CulturesEmin(Azerbaijani) Emin(Bosnian) Aminu(Hausa) Emin(Turkish)

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