Tahmina, Tahmineh

• Origin: Persian تهمینه (Persian); Таҳмина (Tajik); তাহমিনা
• Meaning: “potent; strong; powerful.”
• Gender: Female

The name is derived from the Farsi تهم (tahm), meaning, “potent; strong; powerful.”

It’s a Persian female name with deep roots. It is the name of the wife of Rostam and the mother of Sohrab in the 10th-century Persian epic, Shahnameh.

Its usage has spread to South-Asia, Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as throughout Central Asia.

Between 1996-2002, it appeared in the U.K’s Top 500 Most Popular Female Names, peaking at #641 in 1999.

Notable bearer include Tajik actress, Tahmina Rajabova (b. 1982) and Iranian film director, Tahmineh Milani (b. 1960).

Other forms include:

• Tahmina, Takhmina, Taxmina Тахмина, تهیمینه / تهمینه (Avar, Baloch, Bashkir, Chechen, Circassian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Ossetian, Pashto, Tatar, Turkmen, Uzbek)
• Təhminə (Azeri)
• Tahmina, Tamina (Bosnian)
• Tahmine (Turkish)

A rare Bosnian masculine form is Tahmin/Tamin.

Sources

• https://www.behindthename.com/name/tahmina
• https://www.farsidic.com/en/Lang/FaEn
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahmina
• https://www.knjigaimena.com/?znacenje-imena-Tahmina
• https://www.knjigaimena.com/?znacenje-imena-Tamina
• https://www.knjigaimena.com/?znacenje-imena-Tamin