Asin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Asín in ES Spain and Aşin in TM Turkmenistan.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages 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◐

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

• Spanish given name22K records spelled Asin7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Spain, Argentina, France

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Asín

• a separate given name8.2K records spelled Asin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Spain

  Also written Asín, Asìn, Ašin

• Indonesian given name2.2K records spelled Asin3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru

  Also written Asín, Ãsîn

• Amharic given name453 records spelled Asin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia

  Also written Asín, አሲን

• Hindi given name411 records spelled Asin19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, English, Bangla

  Also written Ashin, অসিন, আসীন, আশিনু, Aşhin

41 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●

Asin 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 akl, salt

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Initialism of Amazon Standard Identification Number.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Javanese, salty to the taste; prepared by a salting process

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Quechua, third-person singular present indicative of asiy

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In ibl, a barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 93 years between 1913–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Asin Thottumkalb. 1985INIndian actress

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 · 212 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Asin?

We estimate roughly 2 people bear Asin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 1 country in our records.

In which country does Asin have the most bearers?

Asin is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled asin.

Is Asin a male or female name?

Asin 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 Asin mean?

Recorded meaning: Paekche king, reign AD 392–405.