Emin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Эмин in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, UZ Uzbekistan and 1 more and Ემინ in GE Georgia.

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 across 5 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◐

Emin is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name36K records spelled Emin9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Türkiye, Netherlands, United States

  Languages: German, English, Western Frisian

  Also written E'Min, Emîn, Emiñ, Emīn

• Russian given name21K records spelled Emin40 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian

  Also written Эмин, Емін, Емин, Эминь, Ёмин

• French given name12K records spelled Emin7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Belgium, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Émin, Ēmin, Emîn, Ëmïñ, Émíń

• Spanish given name6.3K records spelled Emin11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Honduras, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Emín, Êmįn, Emîn, Émin, Émíñ

• Albanian given name2.2K records spelled Emin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Türkiye, Kosovo, United States

  Also written Émîñ

• a separate given name1.8K records spelled Emin7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, India, Azerbaijan

  Also written Emīn, Emîn, Èmin, Émin, Ēmin

• Persian given name1.2K records spelled Emin5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan

  Languages: Persian, Pashto, Tajik

  Also written Emīn

• Greek given name1.0K records spelled Emin5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan

  Also written Εμιν, Εμίν, Emhn, Εμην

40 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●

Emin 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 Turkish, 1. İnanılır, güvenilir. 2. Sakıncasız, tehlikesiz. 3. Kuşkusu olmayan.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In Swedish, Emin är en turkisk form av det arabiska → Amin, använd även på Balkan. Namnet har använts i Sverige sedan 1800-talet, kanske då som en kortform av det vanliga → Emanuel. En känd namnbärare är författaren och forskaren Emin Tengström (1929–2023).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, männl. Vom., türkische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Russian, Sem'iun Emin, Novgorod captain. 1219.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Czech, possessive of Ema: Ema's, Emma's

  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●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 140 years between 1875–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Emin Khojab. 1694CNprince of Turpan of the Second Rank
• Mehmed Emin Âli Paşab. 1815TROttoman statesman and Grand Vizier (1815–1871)
• Ahmet Emin Yalmanb. 1888TRTurkish journalist (1888–1972)
• Emin Onatb. 1908TRTurkish architect (1908–1961)
• Mehmet Emin Toprakb. 1974TRTurkish actor (1974–2002)
• Emin Alperb. 1974TRTurkish film director (born 1974)
• Eminb. 1979AZAzerbaijani-Russian singer and businessman
• Emin Əhmədovb. 1986AZOlympic wrestler
• Emin Garibovb. 1990RURussian artistic gymnast
• Emin Mahmudovb. 1992RUAzerbaijani footballer

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 · 399 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Emin?

We estimate roughly 7.3 thousand people bear Emin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Emin have the most bearers?

Emin is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled emin.

How common is Emin compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Emin is the 36th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Emin a male or female name?

Emin 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 Emin mean?

Recorded meaning: secure