MEANING & HISTORY
What does Armin mean?
Armin is a modern form of Arminius, the Latinized name of the first-century Cheruscan leader. The older name’s precise ancestry is debated: proposals include a Germanic whole or universal element and a connection with Herman, alongside other explanations.
The documented Arminius relationship is clearer than any one root translation. Armin therefore has a specific historical formation without requiring a confident meaning such as army hero to be assigned to every bearer.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From German Armin, from Latin Arminius.
A male given name from German or Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Armin
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Armin Luistro
Superior General of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Armin Luistro
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Armin in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Armin
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Amin♂Truthful or trustworthy in Arabic
- Arman♂Cebuano Armand/Armando shortening; Persian wish-name also exists
- Armine♂♀Armenian feminine of Armen, linked with Armenia
- Aria♂♀Song or melody in the Italian-derived account
- Armand♂Army man
- Armida♀Literary name associated with Tasso’s enchantress
- Arnie♂Familiar form of Arnold
- Arron♂Variant of Aaron, from biblical Aharon
What rhymes with Armin?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Armin further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q15715796 — Armin (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Armin Luistro (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q15715796 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Armin (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Armin (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Arminius (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.