Rin is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “Erind and to flow.” In 2024 it was given to 30 girls in the United States.
Rin at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
“Erind and to flow”
About the name Rin
Rin belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “Erind and to flow” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rin first appears in Social Security records in 1983. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4023 in 2022, and in 2024 30 babies received the name — 377 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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