Aladdin is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “nobility of the faith.” In 2024 it was given to 18 boys in the United States.
Aladdin at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic · Turkish · Persian
Meaning
“nobility of the faith”
Pronunciation
/əˈlædɪn/
About the name Aladdin
Aladdin belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “nobility of the faith” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Aladdin first appears in Social Security records in 1980. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2867 in 1993, and in 2024 18 babies received the name — 261 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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