Amen Forename
11,659th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 85,776 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran
Amen Forename Definition:
Found as a female name. Conf. N. Q. 5th S. viii. 126. It may have been corrupted from a name Amina; or it may from Greek αμην, truly, verily; or its root, the Hebrew ןמא, amán, id.; lit. ‘firm,’ metaphorically ‘faithful.’
Amen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 100% | 60,093 | 1:1,306 | 224 |
| Egypt | 95% | 4,121 | 1:22,301 | 1,654 |
| Togo | - | 4,038 | 1:1,793 | 287 |
| Nigeria | 68% | 3,637 | 1:48,822 | 3,605 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,543 | 1:38,364 | 4,143 |
| India | 59% | 2,290 | 1:530,514 | 41,854 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,859 | 1:138,765 | 14,585 |
| Philippines | 94% | 1,019 | 1:104,033 | 5,756 |
| Zimbabwe | 95% | 666 | 1:23,159 | 2,465 |
| Congo | 51% | 413 | 1:12,129 | 1,461 |
| Afghanistan | 72% | 408 | 1:79,960 | 3,071 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Ghana | 50% | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| South Africa | 93% | 387 | 1:140,911 | 10,136 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| United States | 86% | 354 | 1:1,024,116 | 21,309 |
| Pakistan | 58% | 251 | 1:774,333 | 15,044 |
| DR Congo | 68% | 240 | 1:307,615 | 12,192 |
| Benin | 100% | 236 | 1:44,813 | 3,635 |
| Tanzania | 68% | 220 | 1:239,947 | 9,226 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| Cambodia | 93% | 171 | 1:95,166 | 4,311 |
| Algeria | 100% | 169 | 1:225,898 | 3,349 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69% | 143 | 1:57,009 | 5,502 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 113 | 1:5,990 | 763 |
| Canada | 100% | 110 | 1:301,212 | 9,684 |
| England | 50% | 99 | 1:561,646 | 11,447 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Namibia | - | 82 | 1:29,319 | 2,317 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Qatar | 100% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| France | 95% | 41 | 1:1,621,228 | 10,391 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Hong Kong | - | 34 | 1:228,021 | 3,365 |
| Uganda | 62% | 30 | 1:1,365,231 | 20,932 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 29 | 1:1,049,998 | 36,559 |
| Botswana | 100% | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 26 | 1:706,903 | 21,562 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Sweden | 81% | 21 | 1:469,424 | 12,247 |
| Russia | 100% | 20 | 1:7,211,685 | 30,794 |
| China | - | 16 | 1:85,378,486 | 64,025 |
| Thailand | 94% | 16 | 1:4,379,113 | 86,691 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 15 | 1:1,126,806 | 18,347 |
| Taiwan | 50% | 15 | 1:1,584,645 | 46,832 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,267,632 | 12,179 |
| Ireland | 100% | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Cameroon | 84% | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| Ivory Coast | 75% | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 10 | 1:3,020,189 | 47,166 |
| Chad | 67% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Syria | - | 8 | 1:2,413,259 | 4,659 |
| Australia | - | 7 | 1:1,951,089 | 17,897 |
| Jordan | - | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Liberia | 67% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Mexico | 67% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Brazil | 100% | 4 | 1:53,559,038 | 368,334 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3 | 1:3,830,014 | 25,398 |
| Israel | 89% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Germany | 96% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Italy | 53% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Amèn (1) & Amén (1) are calculated separately.
Amen (46,664) may also be a surname.
Amen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found as a female name. Conf. N. Q. 5th S. viii. 126. It may have been corrupted from a name Amina; or it may from Greek αμην, truly, verily; or its root, the Hebrew ןמא, amán, id.; lit. ‘firm,’ metaphorically ‘faithful.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Meaning: truth.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Amen Forename Popularity
Amen Demographics
Amen Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 55 (2014)
United States
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Amen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amen in the Russian language | ||
| Амен | amen | - |
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