Amin
A Hebrew name meaning "truthful, trustworthy". Fewer than 260 people in Poland carry it, and it stays almost entirely male, so most Poles have never met one.
Amin Pronunciation
Amin is pronounced AH-meen (/ˈamin/).
What Amin means
Where Amin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Amin grows from a Hebrew root that means firmness and trust, the root behind the word "amen." In Arabic the same sound became amīn, and there it settled into the meaning it still carries: truthful, trustworthy.
That reputation has a documented owner. Before he was named a prophet, Muhammad was known in Mecca as Al-Amīn, the trustworthy one. Traders left their goods in his keeping because they knew he would return every coin. The name arrived already fastened to a claim about character.
Amin travels light. It has no diminutive, no softened pet form, no feminine twin. A boy called Amin on a Polish class register wears the full name, with no shorter version to slip into.
What the name says is short and plain. In Polish, godny zaufania, prawdomówny. Someone you can trust, someone who tells the truth.
How many people are named Amin
1 in 83711 men in Poland is named Amin. 257 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1914 among male names.
Amin's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1443 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2016.
Where parents choose Amin
Amin is most popular in Łódź, 753% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
Amin as a middle name
Amin is a first name for 257 men in Poland and a middle name for another 82, a 76/24 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 787th, between Sami (83) and Claudio (82).
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#785 Radek84
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#786 Sami83
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#787 Amin82
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#788 Claudio82
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#789 Anil81