Pronunciation | Arabic: [ʔamiːn] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic |
Meaning | Truthful |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Amine, Ameen, Amien, ʾAmīn |
Variant form(s) | Al-Amin |
Nickname(s) | Amz |
Derived | أ-م-ن (ʾ-m-n) (security) |
Related names | Amina, Iman |
Popularity | see popular names |
Amin or Amine (Arabic: أمين, romanized: amīn), cognate to amen (Arabic: آمين, ʾāmīn), 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 is Emin.
Other spellings include Ameen and Amien.