Armin
A Germanic name read as "great friend". It stays rare in Poland, a boys' name most people have never come across, but it's climbing: more were given last year than in years past.
Armin Pronunciation
Armin is pronounced AHR-meen (/ˈarmin/).
What Armin means
Where Armin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Armin comes from the old Germanic element irmin, meaning whole or universal. That element named a broad idea of greatness among early Germanic peoples, and it survives in a scattering of words and names. Armin sits at the smaller, sharper end of that family.
Its most famous bearer stands behind a Latin mask. Arminius, chief of the Cherusci, ambushed three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest in the year 9. German writers later reclaimed him as Hermann, and by the eighteenth century Klopstock had turned his story into national drama. Armin kept the older sound.
In German usage the name stayed steady and unshowy. The Polish gloss, wielki przyjaciel, "great friend," is an affectionate reading attached to the name later. The Germanic root points elsewhere, toward the whole and the universal. On a Polish class register today, Armin is short and easy to call out. It carries the sense of "whole" that irmin first gave it.
How many people are named Armin
1 in 32392 men in Poland is named Armin. 665 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1149 among male names.
Armin's popularity over time
18 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #532 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2004.
Where parents choose Armin
Armin is most popular in Greater Poland, 160% above the national average (15 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+113%) and Silesian (+80%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Masovian, 34% and 26% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland
+160%1 in 14,350 babies
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Lower Silesian
+113%1 in 17,459 babies
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Silesian
+80%1 in 20,689 babies
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Lesser Poland
−34%1 in 56,729 babies
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Masovian
−26%1 in 50,609 babies
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Subcarpathian
−7%1 in 40,188 babies
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Greater Poland+160% 15 born1 in 14,350 babies+160%
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Lower Silesian+113% 9 born1 in 17,459 babies+113%
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Silesian+80% 11 born1 in 20,689 babies+80%
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Pomeranian+52% 6 born1 in 24,554 babies+52%
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West Pomeranian+32% 3 born1 in 28,142 babies+32%
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Subcarpathian−7% 3 born1 in 40,188 babies−7%
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Masovian−26% 7 born1 in 50,609 babies−26%
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Lesser Poland−34% 4 born1 in 56,729 babies−34%
Armin as a middle name
Armin is a first name for 665 men in Poland and a middle name for another 186, a 78/22 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 497th, between Johan (187) and Dennis (186).
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#495 Lucjusz189
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#496 Johan187
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#497 Armin186
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#498 Dennis186
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#499 Kai186