Meaning and Origin
What does the name Min mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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User Submitted Meanings
- A user from North Carolina, U.S. says the name Min is of Chinese origin and means "Quick; nimble; agile; clever; smart".
- A user from North Carolina, U.S. says the name Min is of Chinese origin and means "Smart".
- a dialect of Chinese.synonyms: Min dialect, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese.
- an Egyptian god of procreation.
- Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
- An Egyptian god of procreation
- A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour ("he ran a 4 minute mile")
From minute.
From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).
From Middle English min, minne, from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”). More at mine.
- (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
- ... and faith I've done that same and found me ; ... — Joshiah Gilbet Holland, "Sevenoaks", 1875
From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.
Abbreviation of minimum.
- minimum
- "He's gotta be at least 60, min!"
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