Lamine
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Meaning
the West African form of Arabic al-Amin, "the trustworthy, the faithful", a title used for the Prophet Muhammad; borne by Spain's Lamine Yamal, whose family has roots in Morocco and Equatorial Guinea
The story
Lamine is a West African rendering of the Arabic al-Amin, the trustworthy, the faithful, one of the honored epithets of the Prophet Muhammad. The name traveled with Islam across the Sahel and became a fixture in Senegal, Mali, and Guinea, worn by statesmen and everyday men alike. The bearer the world now knows is startlingly young: Lamine Yamal, the Barcelona winger whose family roots run through Morocco and Equatorial Guinea, who became the youngest goalscorer in European Championship history and won the tournament with Spain in 2024 shortly after turning seventeen. In American records Lamine was essentially unseen until the 2020s, when it makes its first appearance, right as Yamal's rise began; we cannot prove one caused the other, but the timing is hard to ignore. The name's promise, trustworthiness, needs no proof at all.
How popular is Lamine around the world?
In the United States, 82 babies were named Lamine between 2020 and 2025. In France, about 130 boys named Lamine were born in 2025, the 375th most common name among boys that year.
Lamine is on the official records of the United States, France, Spain, Canada, England and Wales, Argentina and Brazil.
United States
1 in 270,000
In the United States, 82 babies were named Lamine between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lamine has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
France
1 in 5,000
In France, about 130 boys named Lamine were born in 2025, the 375th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Spain
1 in 25,000
In Spain, 1,779 residents are named Lamine, the 877th most common name among men, with a mean age of 34.4 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Canada
1 in 52,000
In Canada, 7 boys named Lamine were born in 2024, ranked 2,550th among boys that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 53,000
In England and Wales, 11 boys named Lamine were born in 2025, ranked 2,133rd among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Argentina
1 in 170,000
In Argentina, 4 newborns were given the name Lamine in 2024.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Austria
last on record 2024
Lamine is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 28 people in Brazil were named Lamine, ranked 99,072nd, with a median age of 32.
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Poland
last on record 2013
Lamine is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)
South Australia
last on record 2016
Lamine is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Lamine
Most people given the name Lamine in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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