Fun Facts About the Name Yameen
- 58 babies named Yameen: U.S. records list 58 babies given the name Yameen from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Yameen Mean?
Yameen is an Arabic given name derived from yamīn (يَمِين), a noun meaning "right hand" or "right side." In Arabic, the same word also means "oath," because oaths were traditionally sworn by the right hand. The name is the ordinary noun used directly as a personal name, not a form built with a separate name-ending. A related noun from the same root, yumn, means "good fortune" or "blessing," and some modern name glosses treat "blessed" as a symbolic meaning of Yameen, but the direct lexical sense is "right hand; oath." The Hebrew masculine name Yamin comes from a Hebrew noun for "right hand" or "south" and belongs to a separate naming tradition, even though the two names look similar in English letters.
Yameen Name History & Origins
The name is a transliteration of the Arabic noun yamīn (يَمِين). Classical Arabic uses the word in everyday senses: the right hand, the right side, and an oath. Because Arabic naming often draws directly on words with strong or favorable meanings, yamīn became a male personal name without a special name-forming suffix. The spelling Yameen reflects the long ī vowel; other English transliterations include Yamin and Yamīn. Arabic script does not distinguish these spellings, so the variation is a matter of transliteration rather than different names in Arabic.
As Arabic and Islam spread beyond the Arabian Peninsula, the name was carried into Persian-, Turkish-, and South Asian Muslim communities. In Urdu and other South Asian Muslim usage, Yameen is found alongside Arabic names, and the pronunciation often stresses the second syllable. The word yamīn also appears in the Quran in its ordinary senses of right hand and oath; this religious use gave the noun wide familiarity, though the given name itself is a normal Arabic personal name rather than a Quranic title. The similar Hebrew name Yamin, from Hebrew yāmîn, is a distinct tradition and should not be treated as the source of the Arabic Yameen.
How Popular is the Name Yameen?
Yameen has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #8,258 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,883 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #8,258 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #14,101 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #14,242 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #12,078 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #14,003 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #12,119 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #14,154 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #10,743 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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