Amin (name)

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Al-Amin (Arabic)
PronunciationArabic: [ʔamiːn]
GenderMale
Language(s)Arabic
Origin
Word/nameArabic
MeaningTruthful
Other names
Alternative spellingAmine, Ameen, Amien, ʾAmīn
Variant form(s)Al-Amin
Nickname(s)Amz
Derivedأ-م-ن (ʾ-m-n) (security)
Popularitysee popular names

Amin or Ameen (Arabic: أمين amīn) is an Arabic male given name meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient".

The Arabic female form of Amin is Amina.

The name has been loaned into a few other languages, namely ones spoken by Muslim populations.

In Persian ( امین‌ amīn) it has the same meaning.

The Turkish written form of the name Amin is Emin. It is also the name of the title Emin of an Ottoman official.

Other spellings include Amine and Amien.

Persons[]

Notable people named Amin include:

Regnal name[]

  • Al-Amin (787–813), also known as Abū Mūsā Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd, better known by his regnal name Al-Amin, the sixth Abbasid Caliph, ruling from 809 until 813

Given name[]

Middle name[]

  • , 9th-century Abbasid prince and son of Abbasid caliph al-Amin
  • , 9th-century Abbasid prince and son of Abbasid caliph al-Amin
  • Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (c. 1897–1974), Mufti of Jerusalem
  • Mohamed Amin Didi (1910–1954), president of the Maldives from 1953 to 1954
  • Sami Amin Al-Arian (born 1958), Palestinian political activist, computer engineering professor in the United States, convicted of aiding a terrorist organization

Surname / family name[]

  • Adam Amin (born 1986), American sportscaster
  • Ash Amin (born 1955), British geographer
  • Ehab Amin (born 1995), Egyptian basketball player
  • Esperidião Amin (born 1947), Brazilian politician
  • Hafizullah Amin (1929–1979), 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
  • Hájí Amín (1831–1928), one of the 19 Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, of the Bahá'í Faith
  • Haron Amin (died 2015), Afghan diplomat
  • Hassan Amin (disambiguation), several people
  • Idi Amin (1925–2003), President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
  • Khadija Amin, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and Member of Parliament
  • Mohamed Amin (1943–1996) (also known as 'Mo'), Kenyan photojournalist and entrepreneur
  • Riaz Amin (born 1998), English professional martial artist
  • Samir Amin (born 1931), Egyptian political author

See also[]

  • Amin (disambiguation)
  • Amin al-Dawla (disambiguation), an honorific title
  • Ameen, a surname
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