Given name & surname
Amina
“honest; trustworthy; faithful”·“faithful, trustworthy”
Amina is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “honest; trustworthy; faithful” (Arabic) and “faithful, trustworthy” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Arabicآمِنَة
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “honest; trustworthy; faithful” (Arabic) and “faithful, trustworthy” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic أَمِينَة, built from Arabic أَمِين + ـَة.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19,270
- 0 boys · 19,270 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 1,180 babies
- 2025
- 970
- #315 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 970 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 315 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,180 in 2017. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (144). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 18,079 as a first name in 2020; 281 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amina’s family of names
In English usage, Amina has a related form in Amna. In English usage, Amina has a related form in Aminah. In English usage, Amina has a related form in Aminah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amina has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- آمِنَةArabic
- أَمِينَةArabic
- آمنةArabic
- Aminataequivalent
- Aaminahequivalent
- Arminaequivalent
- AmineTurkish
- OminaUzbek
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See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Amina
- Amina bint WahbMother of Muhammad550–575
- Amina J. MohammedNigerian-British diplomat and Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nationsborn 1961
- Amina WadudAmerican Islamic scholarborn 1952
- Amina BouayachMoroccan activistborn 1957
- Amina of ZazzauHausa Muslim Warrior Queen of Zazzau1533–1610
- Amina OkuevaUkrainian surgeon and servicewoman, People's hero of Ukraine1983–2017
- Amina TylerTunisian feminist and activistborn 1994
- Amina LawalNigerian sentenced to deathborn 1973
- Amina AnnabiFrench-Tunisian singer and actressborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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