Iman

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Arabic name إيمان (Iman) meaning 'faith', 'belief' ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Related Names

Eman	♀	Arabic
Iman	♀/♂	Arabic
Imane	♀	Arabic

Further Information

Iman is a name used among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

Strongest Period of Usage

Norway: 2005- ^[3]

Statistics

Name Count per Country

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Country	Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[4]	1454	1621	160	200
Denmark^[5]	644	n.a.	37	n.a.
Norway^[6]	519	n.a.	50	n.a.
Finland^[7]	n.a.	213	n.a.	34
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Sources: ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Statistics as female name

Recent statistics trend^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]: Name statistics for Iman (f)

Sources: ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

References

↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[oxf-1] Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)

[mus-2] Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)

[alh-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[scb.se-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[dst.dk-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[ssb.no-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[vrf.fi-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

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