Amina

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

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".

Women named Āmina

  • 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

Aminah

Amena

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

Ameena

Ameenah

Amineh

Fictional characters

See also