Amin (), cognate to amen (, ), is an Arabic male given name, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worthy of belief, loyal, faithful, obedient".
The name has been loaned into a few other languages, namely ones spoken by Muslim populations. In Persian (, ) it has the same meaning. The Turkish written form of the name is Emin. Other spellings include the Turkic Tatar language ÃÂüøý (ÃÂmin / ÃÂmin).
In the Balkans, Amin is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. It is also popular among Albanians. The name is a modification to the name Emin. This region also has a female equivalent to the name: Amina (for example, Amina Kajtaz).
Other spellings include Ameen and Amien.
Amin
Regnal name
- Al-Amin (787âÂÂ813), also known as AbÃ
« MÃ
«sàMuḥammad ibn HÃÂrÃ
«n al-Rashëd, better known by his regnal name Al-Amin, the sixth Abbasid Caliph, ruling from 809 until 813
Given name
- Amin (Qing dynasty) (1585âÂÂ1640), Manchu noble and political leader
- Amin al-Rihani (1876âÂÂ1940), Lebanese author
- Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904âÂÂ1997), Pakistani Muslim scholar
- Amin al-Hafiz (1921âÂÂ2009), Syrian leader
- Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon) (1926âÂÂ2009), Lebanese politician
- Amin Howeidi (1921âÂÂ2009), Egyptian military officer and politician
- Amin Yunis al Husseini (1929âÂÂ2016), Jordanian politician
- Amin Mekki Medani (1939âÂÂ2018), Sudanese human rights lawyer and political activist
- Amine Gemayel (born 1942), President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988
- Amin Maalouf (born 1949), Lebanese author
- Mao Amin (born 1962), Chinese singer
- Amin Niffouri (born 1971), Uruguayan politician
- Amine Noua (born 1997), French basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Amin Osman (1898âÂÂ1946), Egyptian politician
- Amin Hossein Rahimi (born 1968), Iranian politician
- Amien Rais (born 1944), Indonesian politician
- Amin Abu Rashid (born 1966/1967), Palestinian-Dutch Hamas leader
- Amin Shah, Manipur politician
- Amin Stevens (born 1990), American basketball player for Elitzur Kiryat Ata in Israel
- Amin Zaki (1941âÂÂ2019), Sudanese footballer
Middle name
Surname / family name
- Adam Amin (born 1986), American sportscaster
- Ahmad Amin (1954âÂÂ1886), Egyptian historian and writer
- Ash Amin (born 1955), British geographer
- Ehab Amin (born 1995), Egyptian basketball player
- Esperidião Amin (born 1947), Brazilian politician
- Hafizullah Amin (1929âÂÂ1979), 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
- HájàAmÃÂn (1831âÂÂ1928), one of the 19 Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, of the Bahá'àFaith
- Haron Amin (1969âÂÂ2015), Afghan diplomat
- Hassan Amin, several people
- Idi Amin (1928âÂÂ2003), President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
- Jabar Amin (born 1959), Swedish politician
- Khadija Amin, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and Member of Parliament
- Ma'ruf Amin, (born 1943), vice president of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024
- Massoud Amin (born 1961), American professor
- Mohamed Amin (1943âÂÂ1996) (also known as 'Mo'), Kenyan photojournalist and entrepreneur
- Musa Nur Amin, Somali politician
- Riaz Amin (born 1998), English professional martial artist
- Samir Amin (1931âÂÂ2018), Egyptian French economist and political scientist
Amine
Mononym
Given name
- Amine Aksas (born 1983), Algerian football player
- Amine Amamou, Moroccan football player
- Amine Bannour (born 1990), Tunisian handball player
- Amine Belaïd (born 1988), Algerian football player
- Amine Boukhlouf (born 1984), Algerian football player
- Amine Boushaki (born 1982), Algerian judoka
- Amine Chermiti (born 1987), Tunisian football player
- Amine Pierre Gemayel (born 1942), President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988 and leader of Kataeb Party
- Amine Gouiri (born 2000), French footballer
- Amine GülÃ
Âe ÃÂzil (born 1993), Turkish-Swedish model
- Amine Harit (born 1997), Moroccan footballer
- Amine El Khalifi (born 1983), Moroccan man arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting to carry out a suicide bombing on the US Capitol
- Amine Laâlou (born 1982), Moroccan middle-distance runner
- Amine Lecomte (born 1990), French-Moroccan football player
- Amine Linganzi (born 1989), Congolese football player
- Amine Ltaïef (born 1984), Tunisian football player
- Amine El Manaoui (born 1991), Moroccan middle-distance runner
- Amine Mezbar (also known as Adel Tobbicchi), Canadian citizen arrested and charged with terrorism, following an alleged plot conspiring to blow up the American embassy in Paris in June 2002; later found not guilty of the charge in a Dutch court
- Amine M'raihi, part of the Tunisian oud/qanun musical duo Amine and Hamza
- Amine Rzig (born 1980), Tunisian basketball player
- Amine Touahri (born 1989), Algerian football player
Middle name
- Mohamed Amine Aoudia (born 1987), Algerian football player
- Mohamed El-Amine Souef (born 1962), Comorian diplomat and government minister
- Pierre Amine Gemayel (1972âÂÂ2006), Lebanese politician, MP and government minister
- Mohammed Amine El Bourkadi (born 1985), Moroccan football player
- Mohamed Amine Dennoun (born 1986), French-Algerian football player
- Mohamed Amine Khamsi (born 1959), American/Moroccan mathematician
- Mohamed Amine Najmi (born 1981), Moroccan football player
- Mohamed Amine Ouadahi, Algerian boxer
- Mohamed Amine Sbihi (born 1954), Moroccan politician
- Mohammed Amine Smaili, Moroccan interfaith theologian
- Youssouf Amine Elalamy (born 1961), Moroccan writer
Surname
Compound names with Amin
See also
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