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Iman - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Iman

[ 2 syll. i-man, im-an ] The boy name Iman is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AYMahN †. Iman is largely used in the Arabic and Urdu languages, and its origin is Arabic. Derived literally from the element 'iman' meaning belief, faith.

Iman is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Iman include Ihan (English), Imam (Arabic), Ioan (Greek, Romanian, Slavic, and Welsh), Ion (Basque and Romanian), Aamin (Indian), Agni, Aman (Arabic), Ameen (Arabic and East Indian), Amen (English and Egyptian), Ami (Hebrew), Amin (Arabic and East Indian), Amine (French), Ammon (Greek), Amnon (East Indian), Amon (Hebrew), Amun (Egyptian), Amyn (Arabic), Anan (Akan), Annan, and Anno (German).

 



† English pronunciation for Iman: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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