Nermin
Nermin, Narmin, or Nermine is a Persian feminine given name. It means softness, delicate and it is used to describe kindness. The word Narm means soft in Persian, and "in" is a descriptive postfix. As Nermin, it is also given as a male name in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The masculine Bosnian name is again feminized as Nermina.
- Bosnian
- Turkish
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Nermin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nermin, Narmin, or Nermine is a Persian feminine given name. It means softness, delicate and it is used to describe kindness. The word Narm means soft in Persian, and "in" is a descriptive postfix. As Nermin, it is also given as a male name in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The masculine Bosnian name is again feminized as Nermina.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bosnian
- Turkish
- Arabic
The Story of Nermin
As a girl name
American parents first put Nermin on the record books as a girl name in 2012, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 7 Nermins were born — ranking #13,067 that year. About 71% of every Nermin on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Nermin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Nermin on the record books as a boy name in 2000, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 8 Nermins were born — ranking #8,915 that year. Nermin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 32 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nermin
Nermin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 32 births in the dataset. Nermin's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #8,915. Use the chart and map above to compare Nermin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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