Emine

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Crimean Tatar (Crimea/Ukraine)

Meaning

the Crimean Tatar and broader Turkic form of the Arabic name Amina, meaning safe, trustworthy, and faithful, drawn from the root amin which is also the source of the religious affirmation Amen; among the Crimean Tatars, a Muslim Turkic people indigenous to Crimea whose history includes the extraordinary trauma of the Stalinist deportation of 1944, when the entire population was forcibly removed to Central Asia with catastrophic loss of life, Emine is one of the most cherished feminine names, associated with the qualities of integrity and steadfastness that enabled the Crimean Tatar people to survive exile and eventual return; the name carries the weight of a people's survival and resilience, connecting its bearer to the long arc of Crimean Tatar history and to the ongoing struggle for cultural and political recognition

Gender

female