Aman

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Amir in US United States, MY Malaysia, GB United Kingdom and 11 more, Amar in IN India, SY Syria, DZ Algeria, Amin in BD Bangladesh, EG Egypt, MA Morocco and Амир in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aman is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name49K records spelled Aman6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States, Pakistan

  Also written Åman, A-Man, Amân, Amān, Amán

• Amharic given name14K records spelled Aman5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States, Sweden

  Also written አማን, Åman, Amān, Amman

• Finnish given name5.2K records spelled Aman6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Åman, Åmäñ, Åmâñ, Ämäñ

• Pashto given name5.1K records spelled Aman13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Afghanistan, United States, Pakistan

  Languages: Pashto, Persian, Tajik

  Also written Amān, Āmąņ, Ämàñ, Åman, Àman

• Slovenian given name3.7K records spelled Aman30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Аман, Amann, Åman, Аманн, Ámann

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aman is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Folk Ensemble, dance co., CA

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Amharic, Amharic (Ethiopia): 'peace'

  as a name·African Names

• In German, weibl. Vom. arabischer Herkunft (arab. amän »Wunsch« zu arab. mana »wünschen, begehren«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Security, safety,

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• Amigo de todos

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 114 years between 1902–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aman Kekilovb. 1912TMSoviet poet (1912–1974)
• Aman Mikael Andomb. 1924ETEthiopian politician (1924-1974)
• Aman Santosab. 1969IDIndonesian badminton player
• Sadiq Khanb. 1970GBnot in their usual nameBritish politician, Mayor of London (born 1970)
• Aman Arorab. 1974INPolitician from Punjab, India
• Aman Vermab. 1987GBEnglish association football player
• Aman Hambletonb. 1992CACanadian chess player
• Aman Johalb. 1993CACanadian actor
• Aman Shergillb. 1995CACanadian association football player
• Aman Sehrawatb. 2003INIndian freestyle wrestler

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 739 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aman?

We estimate roughly 444 thousand people bear Aman (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Aman have the most bearers?

Aman is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled amar.

How common is Aman compared with other names?

In India, Aman is the 57th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Aman a male or female name?

Aman is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Aman mean?

Recorded meaning: < arab Oman iertare".