Amin (name)

Al-Amin

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʔamiːn]
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, Amu
Derived	أ-م-ن (ʾ-m-n) (security)
Popularity	see popular names

Amin (in Arabic أمين) is an Arabic and Persian male given name that means "faithful, trustworthy". Other spellings include Amine, Ameen and Amien.

The Islamic prophet Muhammad, was called "al-Amin" in his youth.

The female equivalent of Amin is Amina, Aminah, Ameenah, Ameena or Amineh.

Persons

People named Amin include:

Given name

• Amin (Qing dynasty) (1585–1640), Manchu beile and political leader
• Amin al-Rihani (1876–1940), Lebanese author
• Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997), Pakistani Muslim scholar
• Amin al-Hafiz (1921–2009), former Syrian leader
• Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon) (1926–2009), Lebanese politician
• Amin Yunis al Husseini (1929–2016), Jordanian politician
• Amine Gemayel (born 1942), President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988
• Amin Maalouf (1949), Lebanese author
• Amin Abu Rashid (born 1966/1967), Palestinian Dutch Hamas leader
• Amin Haidar (born 2001), Swiss software engineer

Middle name

• Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (c. 1897–1974), a former Mufti of Jerusalem
• Mohamed Amin Didi (1910–1954), president of the Maldives from 1953 to 1954
• Sami Amin Al-Arian (born 1958), convicted of aiding a terrorist organization

Surname / family name

• Adam Amin (born 1986), American sportscaster
• Ash Amin (born 1955), British geographer
• Esperidião Amin (born 1947), Brazilian politician
• Hafizullah Amin (1929–1979), the fourth President of Afghanistan
• Hájí Amín (1831–1928), one of the 19 Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, of the Bahá'í Faith
• Haron Amin (died 2015), Afghan diplomat
• Hassan Amin (disambiguation), several people
• Idi Amin (1925–2003), President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
• Khadija Amin, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and Member of Parliament
• Samir Amin (born 1931), Egyptian political author
• Mohamed Amin (1943–1996) (also known as 'Mo'), Kenyan photojournalist and entrepreneur
• Riaz Amin (born 1998), English professional martial artist

See also

• Amin (disambiguation)
• Amin al-Dawla (disambiguation)