Amina (or Aminah) is the loose transcription of two different Arabic female given names:

  • ʾĀmina (Arabic: آمنة, also anglicized as Aaminah or Amna) meaning "safe one, protected"
  • ʾAmīna (Arabic: أمينة, also anglicized as Ameena), the feminine form of Amin, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman".
Amina
ʾĀmina آمنة
ʾAmīna أمينة
Pronunciationآمنة (ʾĀmina): Arabic: [ˈʔaː.mi.na]
أمينة (ʾAmīna): Arabic: [ʔa.ˈmiː.na]
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
Meaningآمنة (ʾĀmina): safe one, protected
أمينة (ʾAmīna): devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman
Other names
Related namesAminah, Aminat, Aminas, Aminna, Amiina, Amine, Aminka, Aminke, Amines, Aminei, Aminata, Amiwata

Women named Āmina

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  • Amina bint Wahb (549–577), mother of Muhammad
  • Amina bint Affan, was the sister of third Muslim caliph Uthman (r. 644–656).
  • Aaminah Haq, Pakistani model and actress
  • See also people listed at Amna

Women named Amīna

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Aminah

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Amena

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  • Amena Begum, Pakistani politician, former MP of East Pakistan
  • Amena Khan (born 1983), British-Indian model and fashion designer

Ameena

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Ameenah

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Amineh

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Fictional characters

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See also

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