Lamin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled ลำอินทร์ in TH Thailand.

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◐

Lamin is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Burmese given name958 records spelled Lamin14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma), United States

  Also written Lãmîñ, Lâmîń, Lämïñ, Lámîñ, Lamiń

• Norwegian Bokmål given name453 records spelled Lamin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish

  Also written Lãmîn

• a separate given name374 records spelled Lamin3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India

  Also written Lamīn, Lâmin

49 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●

Lamin is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In frp, alternative form of solament (“only”)

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

• In Indonesian, the traditional longhouse of East Kalimantan

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

• In dtp, house

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

• In Malay, pair

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 30 years between 1977–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lamin Sannehb. 1942USAfrican American historian (1942-2019)
• Lamin Khalifah Fhimahb. 1956LYLibyan terrorist
• Lamin Kaba Bajob. 1964GMGambian politician
• Lamin Deenb. 1981GBBritish bobsledder
• Lamin Conatehb. 1981GMGambian footballer
• Lamin Barrowb. 1990USAmerican football player
• Lamin Sumab. 1991SLSierra Leonean footballer (born 1991)
• Lamin Samatehb. 1992GMfootballer
• Lamin Colleyb. 1993GMGambian-born English footballer
• Momodou Sonkob. 2005SEnot in their usual nameSwedish association football player

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 · 163 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lamin?

We estimate roughly 2.7 thousand people bear Lamin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Lamin have the most bearers?

Lamin is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled lamin.

How common is Lamin compared with other names?

In the Gambia, Lamin is the most common given name of 129 given names recorded there.

Is Lamin a male or female name?

Lamin 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 Lamin mean?

Recorded meaning: Any of a class of fibrous proteins that provide structure, and regulate transcription in a cell nucleus