Amin
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Amin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the 7th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Muslim and Indian surname from Arabic Amin, literally ‘trustworthy’.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 715(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 570as Amir
- KZKazakhstan≈1 in 592as Амир
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Amin itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- #297 (measured from records)
- 10 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 463 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 715 (inferred from the name graph)
≈410,000 named Amir, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
12 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Amir in US United States, AE United Arab Emirates, Emir in TR Türkiye, Ameen in PK Pakistan and Амир in KZ Kazakhstan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Muslim and Indian surname from Arabic Amin, literally ‘trustworthy’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Amin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #7 | ≈410,000 est. | ≈1 in 570 | 3 | Ameen | 143 |
| US United States | #924 | 322,911as Amber | 1 in 1K | 322K | Amir | 463 |
| BD Bangladesh | #13 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | listed | Amin | 145 |
| TR Türkiye | #164 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 759 | 2K | Emir | 140 |
| EG Egypt | #104 | ≈78,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | listed | Amin | 170 |
| DZ Algeria | #13 | ≈60,000 est. | ≈1 in 715 | listed | Amar | 79 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #90 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 592 | 37K | Амир | 46 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #12 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 777 | — | Amir | 138 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — newborn names; Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) — Form-33 List of Contesting Candidates, 2018 General Election; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Amin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, An arbitrator who assessed and collected revenue in the pargana.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Honest
as a nameThe book of African names
In Swedish, Amin är bildat till arabiskans al amin ’den som är förtroendeingivande, säker’. Det är ursprungligen ett binamn på profeten Muhammed.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In English, Arabic; "majestic" or "revered."
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In English, Arabic; honest, trustworthy
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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Qasim Aminb. 1863EGEgyptian writer, judge and social reformer (1863–1908)
- Ahmad Aminb. 1886EGEgyptian historian and writer (1886–1954)
- Nurul Aminb. 1893PKBengali lawyer, politician and Prime Minister and Vice-President of Pakistan (1893-1974)
- Idi Aminb. 1925SAPresident of Uganda (1971-1979)
- Hafizullah Aminb. 1929AFAfghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher (1929–1979)
- Samir Aminb. 1931FREgyptian-French economist and political theorist (1931-2018)
- Ma'ruf Aminb. 1943ID13th Vice President of Indonesia
- Fuad Anwarb. 1972SAnot in their usual nameSaudi Arabian footballer
- Ayten Aminb. 1978EGEgyptian film director
- Aml Ameenb. 1985GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 115 sources across 58 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 14K | #2,462 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 11K | #3,243 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 7.6K | #4,327 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.6K | #3,585 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 123 | #3,585 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 106 | — |
Reference works 10
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Amin mean, and where does it come from?
- Muslim and Indian surname from Arabic Amin, literally ‘trustworthy’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Amin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 410 thousand people named Amir in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Amin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 322,911 people named Amber in 2020, about 1 in 1.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Amin compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Amin is the 7th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Amin?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aminThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Amin” — the 7th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.