Origin and popularity of the name AMEN

Origin

Amen : 1: German: variant of the topographic name Ammen or Amend ‘at the end’.2: Altered form of Aman 1 a surname of German origin.3: Walloon and French: nickname of a cantor who in chants specifically emphasized the word amen.4: Arabic: variant of Amin.

Minas : 1: Greek: from the personal name Minas from classical Greek Mēnas. This was a popular name among early Christians and is celebrated in the Greek Orthodox Church as the name of seven martyrs and a patriarch. The story goes that Saint Menas was named by his mother for the word Amen which she heard on conceiving him; more prosaically it is derived from the pre-Christian Egyptian name Mena borne by the Pharaoh Mena (or Menes) who unified Upper and Lower Egypt in 3100 BC. Compare Menas.2: Spanish: from the plural of Mina.

Vanaman : 1: Americanized form of Dutch Van Immen itself possibly a variant of Van Emmen a habitational name for someone from the hamlet Emmen near Dalfsen in the province of Overijssel. The surname Van Immen is no longer found in the Netherlands. Compare Vannaman and Vanneman.2: Alternatively perhaps an Americanized form of Dutch Van Amen itself a variant of Van Namen (see Van Name) or a habitational name for someone from Amen in Drenthe.

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