MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Samin mean?
Samin can represent Arabic thamin, precious or valuable, as adapted in South Asian speech. Arabic samin, written سمين, is a separate word for fat or fertile, so the native Arabic form distinguishes two real lexical histories.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
समीन
Conventional spelling
Arabic
ثمین
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Samin in Indian usage
5,064 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 2,499 records (49.3%).
- Recorded as male: 2,565 records (50.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 301 |
| 1960s | 762 |
| 1970s | 1,140 |
| 1980s | 1,706 |
| 1990s | 1,006 |
| Other decades | 149 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,878 |
| Rajasthan | 781 |
| Bihar | 510 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 401 |
| Haryana | 356 |
| Maharashtra | 325 |
| Assam | 289 |
| Jharkhand | 209 |
| Other states | 315 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001