Yamin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-MEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Yamin is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Yamin mean?
Arabic
“right hand”
Also a Hebrew name: Jamin, a son of Simeon in Genesis, comes from the same Semitic word for the right hand.
Is Yamin a girl's or a boy's name?
Yamin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yamin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,286th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Yamin, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Yamin of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Yamin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 39 boys in the UK were given Yamin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
- Yamin 23
- Yameen 16
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Yamin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Yamin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Yamin, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Yamin in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yamin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
Names like Yamin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan, Zayaan, Hamza, Muhammad, Yahya, Rayyan, Yazan, Musa, Azaan, Zayd, Arham, Umar
Other spellings of Yamin
Names related to Yamin
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yamin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yamin, updated 20 October 2026.