Amin (name)
Amin or Amine, cognate to amen, is an Arabic male given name, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worthy of belief, loyal, faithful, obedient".
The name has been loaned into a few other languages, namely ones spoken by Muslim populations. In Persian it has the same meaning. The Turkish written form of the name is Emin.
In the Balkans, Amin is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. It is also popular among Albanians. The name is a modification to the name Emin. This region also has a female equivalent to the name: Amina.
Other spellings include Ameen and Amien.
Amin
Regnal name
- Al-Amin, 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), Manchu noble and political leader
- Amin al-Rihani, Lebanese author
- Amin Ahsan Islahi, Pakistani Muslim scholar
- Amin al-Hafiz, Syrian leader
- Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon), Lebanese politician
- Amin Howeidi, Egyptian military officer and politician
- Amin Yunis al Husseini, Jordanian politician
- Amin Mekki Medani, Sudanese human rights lawyer and political activist
- Amine Gemayel, President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988
- Amin Maalouf, Lebanese author
- Mao Amin, Chinese singer
- Amin Niffouri, Uruguayan politician
- Amine Noua, French basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Amin Osman, Egyptian politician
- Amin Hossein Rahimi, Iranian politician
- Amien Rais, Indonesian politician
- Amin Abu Rashid, Palestinian-Dutch Hamas leader
- Amin Shah, Manipur politician
- Amin Stevens, American basketball player for Elitzur Kiryat Ata in Israel
Middle name
- Faisal Amin Abu-Rass, Yemeni diplomat and politician
- Sadeq Amin Abu Rass, Yemeni politician
- Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, Mufti of Jerusalem
- Mohamed Amin Didi, president of the Maldives from 1953 to 1954
- Sami Amin Al-Arian, Palestinian political activist, computer engineering professor in the United States, convicted of aiding a terrorist organization
Surname / family name
- Adam Amin, American sportscaster
- Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian and writer
- Ash Amin, British geographer
- Ehab Amin, Egyptian basketball player
- Esperidião Amin, Brazilian politician
- Hafizullah Amin, 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
- Hájí Amín, one of the 19 Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, of the Bahá'í Faith
- Haron Amin, Afghan diplomat
- Hassan Amin, several people
- Idi Amin, President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
- Jabar Amin, Swedish politician
- Khadija Amin, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and Member of Parliament
- Ma'ruf Amin,, vice president of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024
- Massoud Amin, American professor
- Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist and entrepreneur
- Musa Nur Amin, Somali politician
- Riaz Amin, English professional martial artist
- Samir Amin, Egyptian French economist and political scientist
Amine
Mononym
- Amine (French singer), Moroccan-born French R&B singer, full name Amine Mounder
Given name
- Amine Aksas, Algerian football player
- Amine Amamou, Moroccan football player
- Amine Bannour, Tunisian handball player
- Amine Belaïd, Algerian football player
- Amine Boukhlouf, Algerian football player
- Amine Boushaki, Algerian judoka
- Amine Chermiti, Tunisian football player
- Amine Pierre Gemayel, President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988 and leader of Kataeb Party
- Amine Gouiri, French footballer
- Amine Gülşe Özil, Turkish-Swedish model
- Amine Harit, Moroccan footballer
- Amine El Khalifi, Moroccan man arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting to carry out a suicide bombing on the US Capitol
- Amine Laâlou, Moroccan middle-distance runner
- Amine Lecomte, French-Moroccan football player
- Amine Linganzi, Congolese football player
- Amine Ltaïef, Tunisian football player
- Amine El Manaoui, Moroccan middle-distance runner
- Amine Mezbar, 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, Tunisian basketball player
- Amine Touahri, Algerian football player
Middle name
- Mohamed Amine Aoudia, Algerian football player
- Mohamed El-Amine Souef, Comorian diplomat and government minister
- Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese politician, MP and government minister
- Mohammed Amine El Bourkadi, Moroccan football player
- Mohamed Amine Dennoun, French-Algerian football player
- Mohamed Amine Khamsi, American/Moroccan mathematician
- Mohamed Amine Najmi, Moroccan football player
- Mohamed Amine Ouadahi, Algerian boxer
- Mohamed Amine Sbihi, Moroccan politician
- Mohammed Amine Smaili, Moroccan interfaith theologian
- Youssouf Amine Elalamy, Moroccan writer
Surname
- Hussein Amine, Lebanese football player
- Khalil Amine, Moroccan scientist
- Myles Amine, Sammarinese American freestyle wrestler
- Nazem Amine, Lebanese wrestler
Compound names with ''Amin''
- Aminul Haque (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nurul Amin (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ruhul Amin (disambiguation), multiple people