Amin

Where Amin comes from

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).
— Wiktionary's entry for Amin
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1949
    Amin Maalouf born
    Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances
  2. 1965
    First appearance
    #3,244 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1977
    Peak, #904
    88 babies named Amin — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,441.
  5. 1993
    Amin Younes born
    German association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Amin Maalouf · Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances, born 1949
  • Amin Younes · German association football player, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.