Aman
An Arabic name meaning "peace, safety". In Poland it stays rare and goes only to boys: around 133 men carry it, and most Poles have never met one.
Aman Pronunciation
Aman is pronounced AH-mahn (/ˈaman/).
What Aman means
Where Aman comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Aman comes from Arabic, where the word أمان means safety and protection. It grows from the root ʾ-m-n, the same three letters behind amin, meaning trustworthy, and behind iman, faith. A single short name sits next to some of the oldest ideas in the language. Its Polish gloss stays plain: bezpieczeństwo i pokój, safety and peace.
The name travels light. It has no diminutives, no cross-gender pair, no long official form waiting on a document. What you see is what a teacher reads from the register. Four letters and two syllables.
In Poland aman is rare, and it arrives mostly through families with roots in the Arabic-speaking world. On a school class register it stands out among the Kacpers and Julias. That difference is part of what the name means to the person who carries it. The meaning stays close to the surface: peace and safety, a word you could translate for a stranger in one breath.
How many people are named Aman
1 in 160498 men in Poland is named Aman. 133 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2870 among male names.
Aman's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Aman as a middle name
Aman is a first name for 133 men in Poland and a middle name for another 17, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2187th, between Alaa (17) and Antonov (17).
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#2185 Abram17
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#2186 Alaa17
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#2187 Aman17
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#2188 Antonov17
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#2189 Arshad17