# Amin (name)

Amin or Amine (Arabic: أمين, romanized: amīn), cognate to amen (Arabic: آمين, ʾāmīn), is an Arabic male given name, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worthy of belief, loyal, faithful, obedient".
The name has been loaned into a few other languages, namely ones spoken by Muslim populations. In Persian (امین‌, amīn) it has the same meaning. The Turkish written form of the name is Emin.
In the Balkans, Amin is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. It is also popular among Albanians. The name is a modification to the name Emin. This region also has a female equivalent to the name: Amina (for example, Amina Kajtaz).
Other spellings include Ameen and Amien.

## Amin
### Regnal name

* Al-Amin (787–813), also known as Abū Mūsā Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd, better known by his regnal name Al-Amin, the sixth Abbasid Caliph, ruling from 809 until 813

### Given name

* Amin (Qing dynasty) (1585–1640), Manchu noble and political leader
* Amin al-Rihani (1876–1940), Lebanese author
* Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997), Pakistani Muslim scholar
* Amin al-Hafiz (1921–2009), Syrian leader
* Amin al-Hafez (Lebanon) (1926–2009), Lebanese politician
* Amin Howeidi (1921–2009), Egyptian military officer and politician
* Amin Yunis al Husseini (1929–2016), Jordanian politician
* Amin Mekki Medani (1939–2018), Sudanese human rights lawyer and political activist
* Amine Gemayel (born 1942), President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988
* Amin Maalouf (born 1949), Lebanese author
* Amine Noua (born 1997), French basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Amin Osman (1898–1946), Egyptian politician
* Amin Hossein Rahimi (born 1968), Iranian politician
* Amien Rais (born 1944), Indonesian politician
* Amin Abu Rashid (born 1966/1967), Palestinian-Dutch Hamas leader
* Amin Shah, Manipur politician
* Amin Stevens (born 1990), American basketball player for Elitzur Kiryat Ata in Israel

### Middle name

* Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (c. 1897–1974), Mufti of Jerusalem
* Mohamed Amin Didi (1910–1954), president of the Maldives from 1953 to 1954
* Sami Amin Al-Arian (born 1958), Palestinian political activist, computer engineering professor in the United States, convicted of aiding a terrorist organization

### Surname / family name

* Adam Amin (born 1986), American sportscaster
* Ahmad Amin (1954–1886), Egyptian historian and writer
* Ash Amin (born 1955), British geographer
* Ehab Amin (born 1995), Egyptian basketball player
* Esperidião Amin (born 1947), Brazilian politician
* Hafizullah Amin (1929–1979), 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
* Hájí Amín (1831–1928), one of the 19 Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, of the Bahá'í Faith
* Haron Amin (1969–2015), Afghan diplomat
* Hassan Amin (disambiguation), several people
* Idi Amin (1925–2003), President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
* Jabar Amin (born 1959), Swedish politician
* Khadija Amin, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and Member of Parliament
* Ma'ruf Amin, (born 1943), vice president of Indonesia
* Massoud Amin (born 1961), American professor
* Mohamed Amin (1943–1996) (also known as 'Mo'), Kenyan photojournalist and entrepreneur
* Musa Nur Amin, Somali politician
* Riaz Amin (born 1998), English professional martial artist
* Samir Amin (1931–2018), Egyptian French economist and political scientist

## Amine
### Mononym

* Amine (French singer), Moroccan-born French R&B singer, full name Amine Mounder

### Given name

* Amine Aksas (born 1983), Algerian football player
* Amine Amamou, Moroccan football player
* Amine Bannour (born 1990), Tunisian handball player
* Amine Belaïd (born 1988), Algerian football player
* Amine Boukhlouf (born 1984), Algerian football player
* Amine Boushaki (born 1982), Algerian judoka
* Amine Chermiti (born 1987), Tunisian football player
* Amine Pierre Gemayel (born 1942), President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988 and leader of Kataeb Party
* Amine Gouiri (born 2000), French footballer
* Amine Gülşe Özil (born 1993), Turkish-Swedish model
* Amine Harit (born 1997), Moroccan footballer
* Amine El Khalifi (born c. 1983), Moroccan man arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting to carry out a suicide bombing on the US Capitol
* Amine Laâlou (born 1982), Moroccan middle-distance runner
* Amine Lecomte (born 1990), French-Moroccan football player
* Amine Linganzi (born 1989), Congolese football player
* Amine Ltaïef (born 1984), Tunisian football player
* Amine El Manaoui (born 1991), Moroccan middle-distance runner
* Amine Mezbar (also known as Adel Tobbicchi), Canadian citizen arrested and charged with terrorism, following an alleged plot conspiring to blow up the American embassy in Paris in June 2002; later found not guilty of the charge in a Dutch court
* Amine M'raihi, part of the Tunisian oud/qanun musical duo Amine and Hamza
* Amine Rzig (born 1980), Tunisian basketball player
* Amine Touahri (born 1989), Algerian football player

### Middle name

* Fayçal Amine Abourrass, Yemeni diplomat
* Mohamed Amine Aoudia (born 1987), Algerian football player
* Mohamed El-Amine Souef (born 1962), Comorian diplomat and government minister
* Pierre Amine Gemayel (1972–2006), Lebanese politician, MP and government minister
* Mohammed Amine El Bourkadi (born 1985), Moroccan football player
* Mohamed Amine Dennoun (born 1986), French-Algerian football player
* Mohamed Amine Khamsi (born 1959), American/Moroccan mathematician
* Mohamed Amine Najmi (born 1981), Moroccan football player
* Mohamed Amine Ouadahi, Algerian boxer
* Mohamed Amine Sbihi (born 1954), Moroccan politician
* Mohammed Amine Smaili, Moroccan interfaith theologian
* Youssouf Amine Elalamy (born 1961), Moroccan writer

### Surname

* Hussein Amine (born 1985), Lebanese football player
* Khalil Amine, Moroccan scientist
* Myles Amine, Sammarinese American freestyle wrestler
* Nazem Amine, Lebanese wrestler

## Compound names with Amin

* Aminul Haque (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nurul Amin (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ruhul Amin (disambiguation), multiple people