Amin (name) explained
| Al-Amin |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /ar/ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | Truthful |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Origin: | Arabic |
| Alternative Spelling: | Amine, Ameen, Amien, ʾAmīn |
| Nickname: | Amz |
| Variant Forms: | Al-Amin |
| Related Names: | Amina, Iman |
| Derived: | أ-م-ن (ʾ-m-n) (security) |
| Popularity: | Common |
Amin or Amine (Arabic: أمين|amīn), cognate to amen (Arabic: آمين,), 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 (Persian: امین,) it has the same meaning. The Turkish written form of the name is Emin.
Other spellings include Ameen and Amien.
Amin
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
- Amin (Qing dynasty) (1585–1640), Manchu noble and political leader
- Amin al-Rihani (1876–1940), Lebanese author
- Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997), Pakistani Muslim scholar
- Amin al-Hafiz (1921–2009), Syrian leader
- Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon) (1926–2009), Lebanese politician
- Amin Howeidi (1921–2009), Egyptian military officer and politician
- Amin Yunis al Husseini (1929–2016), Jordanian politician
- Amin Mekki Medani (1939–2018), Sudanese human rights lawyer and political activist
- Amine Gemayel (born 1942), President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988
- Amin Maalouf (born 1949), Lebanese author
- Amine Noua (born 1997), French basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Amin Osman (1898–1946), 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
Middle name
- 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
- Ahmad Amin (1954–1886), 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 (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 (1969–2015), Afghan diplomat
- Hassan Amin (disambiguation), several people
- Idi Amin (1925–2003), 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
- Massoud Amin (born 1961), American professor
- Mohamed Amin (1943–1996) (also known as 'Mo'), Kenyan photojournalist and entrepreneur
- Musa Nur Amin, Somali politician
- Riaz Amin (born 1998), English professional martial artist
- Samir Amin (1931–2018), 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 Gülşe Özil (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
- Fayçal Amine Abourrass, Yemeni diplomat
- Mohamed Amine Aoudia (born 1987), Algerian football player
- Mohamed El-Amine Souef (born 1962), Comorian diplomat and government minister
- Pierre Amine Gemayel (1972–2006), 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
