Armin

Where Armin comes from

From German Armin, from Latin Arminius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Armin
  • German
  • Latin
Along the way
  1. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,035 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1914
    Peak, #884
    38 babies named Armin — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1930
    Armin Mueller-Stahl born
    German actor
  4. 1931
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,693.
  5. 1976
    Armin van Buuren born
    Dutch DJ and record producer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from German or Latin.
Namesakes
  • Armin van Buuren · Dutch DJ and record producer, born 1976
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl · German actor, born 1930
  • Armin Laschet · German politician (CDU), born 1961
  • Armin Meiwes · German cannibal, born 1961
  • Armin T. Wegner · German pacifist, writer and poet, 1886–1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.