Amin
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Amin (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Amin has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2008. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 17 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 16 |
| 2001 | 12 |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 23 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 23 |
| 2006 | 22 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 33 |
| 2009 | 22 |
| 2010 | 23 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2012 | 25 |
| 2013 | 24 |
| 2014 | 29 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2016 | 22 |
| 2017 | 32 |
| 2018 | 25 |
| 2019 | 28 |
| 2020 | 24 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2022 | 33 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 269 |
| 2000 | – | 297 |
| 2001 | – | 317 |
| 2002 | – | 340 |
| 2003 | – | 378 |
| 2004 | – | 392 |
| 2005 | – | 425 |
| 2006 | – | 465 |
| 2007 | – | 498 |
| 2008 | – | 552 |
| 2009 | – | 610 |
| 2010 | – | 667 |
| 2011 | – | 720 |
| 2012 | – | 790 |
| 2013 | – | 859 |
| 2014 | 10 | 922 |
| 2015 | – | 963 |
| 2016 | 10 | 1,064 |
| 2017 | 10 | 1,156 |
| 2018 | 10 | 1,251 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,351 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,395 |
Amin in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Amin.Hi! My name is Amin.
- Har du träffat Amin? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Amin? He started working here on Monday.
- Amin har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Amin has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Amins mamma är lärare.Amin's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Amins mamma is Amin's mum.
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Questions about Amin
How do you pronounce Amin in Swedish?
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What does the name Amin mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).
How popular is Amin in Sweden?
33 babies were named Amin in 2022. In 2020, 1,406 people in Sweden had Amin as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2008 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.