Lamine
Lamine is a particularly in Senegal often West African male first name .
Origin and meaning
Lamine is an Africanized form of the Arabic first name al-Amin , which means “conscientious” or “trustworthy”. In the Gambia , the form lamin is common.
Name bearer
First name
- Lamine Bey (1881–1962), last Bey from Tunis
- Lamine Cissé (* 1971), Senegalese football player
- Lamine Diack (* 1933), Senegalese sports official
- Lamine Diakhaté (1928–1987), Senegalese politician, diplomat and writer
- Lamine Diarra (* 1983), Senegalese football player
- Lamine Diatta (* 1975), Senegalese football player
- Lamine Gassama (* 1989), Senegalese-French football player
- Lamine Guèye (* 1960), Senegalese ski racer and ski functionary
- Lamine Kitty Jabang (* 1942), Gambian politician
- Mamadou Lamine Loum (* 1952), Senegalese politician
- Lamine Sakho (* 1977), Senegalese football player
- Lamine Sidimé (* 1944), Guinean politician
- Lamine Traoré (* 1982), Burkinabe soccer player
family name
- Peter Simon Lamine (1738–1817), German sculptor of the late baroque and classicism