as a Last Name
- 9,478
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Amin
Meaning & Origins
Muslim and Indian (northern states): from an Arabic personal name based on amīn ‘trustworthy’, ‘faithful’, ‘honest’. Al-Amīn ‘the trustworthy’ is an honorific title of the Prophet Muhammad. The term is used in combination with other words to form compound names: for example, Ruḥ-ul-Amīn ‘faithful spirit’ is an epithet of the Angel Gabriel mentioned in the Qur’an (26:193). Al-Amīn (787–813) was the name of the sixth Abbasid khalif of Baghdad. In India, the name came to be used as a term denoting a government official concerned with investigation of land claims and revenue claims, collection of revenue, and land surveying.
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,478
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Amin per capita
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