玛莫恩 transliterates the Arabic name مأمون (Ma'mun / Mamoun), meaning 'trustworthy' in Arabic. The most famous bearer is Al-Ma'mun (786-833), the seventh Abbasid caliph who founded the Bayt al-Hikma (House of Wisdom) in Baghdad. The Chinese characters approximate the syllables Ma-mo-en;
玛 covers 'Ma' (also used in
玛丽 Mary),
莫 covers 'mou/mun', and
恩 ('grace') is a soft closing syllable common in transliterations.
