Sin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sin"

English

Etymology

From Akkadian ^DSîn or ^DSu'en.

Proper noun

Sin

(Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian mythology) The god of the moon.

Synonyms

(Sumerian equivalent): Nanna

Anagrams

INS, Ins, Ins., NIS, NSI, Niš, in's, ins, ins., nis

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الصِّين‎ (aṣ-ṣīn).

Proper noun

Sīn f

China

Tagalog

Etymology

Romanization of various Hokkien surnames, such as 辛 (Sin), 信 (Sìn) and 新 (Sin) (all transliterated in Pinyin as "Xin")

Proper noun

Sin

A surname, most associated with former Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Sin

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sin is the 6,496^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring at 2,191 individuals.

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